antipode
noun
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We borrowed the word antipode over 600 years ago. It first appeared in a translation of a Latin text as a word designating "men that have their feet against our feet," that is, inhabitants of the opposite side of the globe. The word, which originated in Greek, combines anti-, meaning "opposite," with the root pod-, meaning "foot." "Antipode" is no longer used in English as a designation for people, but the notion of the other side of the globe lives on in its current geographical sense. We have come to use the plural term "antipodes" (pronounced \an-TIH-puh-deez) to refer to Australia and New Zealand because they are on the other side of the earth from Britain.
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Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
From Nicole Kidman to Lucy Lawless, from Taika Waititi to the brothers Hemsworth, Hollywood has long benefited from the wealth of talent coming out of the antipodes.
—Alexis Gunderson, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
But in the antipodes and Africa, a myth built up around Rodriguez; in the latter region, his music was embraced by the anti-apartheid movement.
—Chris Morris, Variety, 9 Aug. 2023
His college buddy Ken was Mr. Hsu’s uncool antipode, stiff-collared and focused on the future.
—Marc Weingarten, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2022
The research makes a strong case that this approach is more effective than its antipode: being unnecessarily hard on yourself.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022
In scattering amplitudes, the antipode map that Dixon found is a bit more abstract.
—Katie McCormick, Quanta Magazine, 1 Aug. 2022
President Joe Biden could be the antipode to the Trump/Greene type of outrage politics.
—Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 12 Apr. 2021
But that's usually antipode to how a business—which is how Congress characterizes the USPS—is run.
—Jonathan Vanian, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2020
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“Antipode.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antipode. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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