counterpole

English

Etymology

From counter- +‎ pole.

Noun

counterpole (plural counterpoles)

1. The exact opposite.

   Synonym: polar opposite

   • 1840, Thomas De Quincey, “Style”, in Critical Suggestions on Style and Rhetoric with German Tales and Other Narrative Papers (De Quincey’s Works; XI), London: James Hogg & Sons, published 1859, →OCLC, part I, page 191:

     It is enough to say, that it [German prose] offers the counterpole to the French style.

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References

• “counterpole”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.