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polarity: having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges); "he got the polarity of the battery reversed"; "charges of opposite sign"

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Janus collapse: (Roman mythology) the Roman god of doorways and passages; is depicted with two faces on opposite sides of his head

doublethink collapse: believing two contradictory ideas at the same time

contraindication collapse: (medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment

showdown collapse

halving collapse

repelling collapse

eurythmics collapse

contradistinction collapse: a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast; "sculpture in contradistinction to painting"

dualism collapse: the doctrine that reality consists of two basic opposing elements, often taken to be mind and matter (or mind and body), or good and evil

dichotomy collapse: being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses; "the dichotomy between eastern and western culture"

cross purposes collapse

perversity collapse: deliberately deviating from what is good; "there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism"

polarization collapse: the phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration; the condition of having or giving polarity

equality collapse: the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status; a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best"

pairing collapse: the act of grouping things or people in pairs

bifurcation collapse: the act of splitting into two branches; the place where something divides into two branches; a bifurcating branch (one or both of them)

antithesis collapse: the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance; exact opposite; "his theory is the antithesis of mine"

duplicity collapse: acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another

contraposition collapse

repellent collapse: the power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his advances"; a chemical substance that repels animals; a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water; incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"

congruity collapse: the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate

doubling collapse: raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2; "I decided his double was a bluff"; increase by a factor of two; "doubling with a computer took no time at all"

irony collapse: incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"; a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs

discrepancy collapse: a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion"; an event that departs from expectations

ambivalence collapse: mixed feelings or emotions

ambiguity collapse: unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning; an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context

confrontation collapse: a focussed comparison; bringing together for a careful comparison; the act of hostile groups opposing each other; "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition"; a hostile disagreement face-to-face; discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions; a bold challenge

duplication collapse: the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something; "this kind of duplication is wasteful"

evenness collapse: the quality of being balanced; a quality of uniformity and lack of variation; the parity of even numbers (divisible by two)

regularity collapse: the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate; "he was famous for the regularity of his habits"; a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles

collision collapse: a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals; "a collision of interests"; an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object; "three passengers were killed in the collision"; "the collision of the two ships resulted in a serious oil spill"; (physics) an brief event in which two or more bodies come together; "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction"

parallelism collapse: similarity by virtue of corresponding

equilibrium collapse: a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head; a stable situation in which forces cancel one another

antagonism collapse: (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure; an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility; the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors; "the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism"

keeping collapse: conformity or harmony; "his behavior was not in keeping with the occasion"

hostility collapse: a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition; "he could not conceal his hostility"; the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility"; a state of deep-seated ill-will

antipathy collapse: the object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided; "cats were his greatest antipathy"; a feeling of intense dislike

repulsive collapse

contradiction collapse: the speech act of contradicting someone; "he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction"; (logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction"; opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas

inconsistency collapse: the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts

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