antipode
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Antipov is the 'antipode' for Pasternak, he is the lost child who makes a violent myth of himself, bringing pain and destruction, ending in baffled suicide.
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- noun A direct or diametrical opposite: "We just sit and listen to the fullness of the quiet, as an antipode to focused busyness” (Kathryn A. Knox).
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- The Eld's. antipode was the Rim, the land of night and the lower edge of the Werld where spacetime funneled rapidly toward the core of the black hole. — In Other Worlds
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Antipov is the 'antipode' for Pasternak, he is the lost child who makes a violent myth of himself, bringing pain and destruction, ending in baffled suicide.
— Pasternak in Private -
In her "retelling," Ms. Muchnik managed to confuse the anthropologist Lévy-Bruhl and his modern antipode Lévi-Strauss.
— A Reply - We'll take some readings ourselves and report back. " — Starfarers
- George threw her a quick glance. — A Summer Idyll
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- Back-formation from antipodes.
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/ (ănˈtĭ-pōdˌ)/
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