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Definition of Diametrical opposition
1. Noun. The relation of opposition along a diameter.
Generic synonyms: Opposition
Derivative terms: Antipodal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diametrical Opposition
Literary usage of Diametrical opposition
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Earth: Its Life and Death by Alphonse Berget (1915)
"This diametrical opposition of land and water results from the tendency exhibited
by the terrestrial crust to take a tetrahedral form at the time of its ..."
2. A Hand-book of English Literature: Intended for the Use of High Schools, as by Francis Henry Underwood (1879)
"In every one of these four particulars the recommendations of the Message are in
diametrical opposition to the well- established, deliberately-adopted, ..."
3. A Hand-book of English Literature: Intended for the Use of High Schools, as by Francis Henry Underwood (1889)
"In every one of these four particulars the recommendations of the Message are in
diametrical opposition to the well- established, deliberately-adopted, ..."
4. The Growth of the English Constitution from the Earliest Times by Edward Augustus Freeman (1898)
"... however it might suit the schools of divinity, was in diametrical opposition
to our statutes." Certainly no opposition can be more strongly marked than ..."
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