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A polar opposite is the diametrically opposite point of a circle or sphere. It is mathematically known as an antipodal point, or antipode when referring to the Earth. It is also an idiom often used to describe people and ideas that are opposites. Polar Opposite or Polar Opposites may also refer to: Polar Opposite, a 2011 EP by Sick Puppies
Boys are encouraged to play with toy trucks. Girls are encouraged to play with dolls. In sociology, gender polarization is a concept created by American psychologist Sandra Bem which states that societies tend to define femininity and masculinity as polar opposite genders, such that male-acceptable behaviors and attitudes are not seen as appropriate for women, and vice versa.
Binary opposition is the system of language and/or thought by which two theoretical opposites are strictly defined and set off against one another. [1] It is the contrast between two mutually exclusive terms, such as on and off, up and down, left and right. [ 2 ]
Pisces and Aries are polar opposites, marking the beginning and end of the zodiac wheel. Aries, the pioneering fire sign, gets things going, whereas dreamy Pisces, the water sign that ends the ...
The unity of opposites is the philosophical idea that opposites are interconnected due to the way each is defined in relation to the other. Their interdependence unites the seemingly opposed terms. Their interdependence unites the seemingly opposed terms.
Now, it's almost the polar opposite for the Southern Hemisphere. There, the March equinox means the beginning of fall. As the Northern Hemisphere tilts more to the sun, the Southern Hemisphere ...
Polari, a jargon that began in European ports and evolved into a shorthand used in gay subcultures, influences much of today's slang in words like "zhuzh," "drag," "camp" and "femme."
The polar opposite of the term in Philippine culture is tomboy (natively the lakin-on or binalaki), which refers to women with a masculine gender expression (usually, but not always, lesbian). [5] The term is commonly incorrectly applied to trans women. [6]