Antipode
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Antipode - 1 : the parts of the earth diametrically opposite -- usually used as pl. 2 : the exact opposite or contrary
The word antipode is a back-formed singular from the word antipodes, which originally was not plural.
- For the geographical concept, see antipodes.
- For the abstract mathematical concept that arose from the geographical usage, see antipodal point.