What (who) is antipode - definition
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Antipodal; Antipode (disambiguation)
Antipode
·noun One of the antipodes; anything exactly opposite.
Antipodes
![Waitangi]], [[New Zealand]] are an example of antipodal settlements.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Antipodes, Alzon, Gard, France, Sept. 2008.jpg?width=200 "Waitangi]], [[New Zealand]] are an example of antipodal settlements.")
DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE POINT ON THE EARTH'S SURFACE
Antipodean; Antipodes (geography); Antipode map; Digging a hole to China; Other side of the earth; Opposite sides of the world; Antipode (geography)
[an't?p?di:z]
¦ plural noun
1. (the Antipodes) Australia and New Zealand (used by inhabitants of the northern hemisphere).
2. (antipodes or antipode) the direct opposite of something.
Derivatives
antipodal adjective
Antipodean adjective &noun
Origin
ME: via Fr. or late L. from Gk antipodes 'having the feet opposite', from anti 'against, opposite' + pous, pod- 'foot'.
Antipode (journal)
JOURNAL
Antipode (Journal); Antipode: a radical journal of geography; Antipode: Radic. J. Geogr.; Antipode: Radic J Geogr; Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography
Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published five times per year by Wiley-Blackwell and produced by The Antipode Foundation. Its coverage centers on critical human geography and it seeks to encourage radical spatial theorizations based on Marxist, socialist, anarchist, anti-racist, anticolonial, feminist, queer, trans*, green, and postcolonial thought.
Examples of use of antipode
1. He had to leave the island to find himself as a black man, eventually rooting in Chicago, the antipode of remote Honolulu, deep in the fold of the mainland, and there setting out on the path that led toward politics.