Talk:Opposite (semantics)

message: does any one know the acronym of mysogynist? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.147.1.1 (talk) 14:31, 22 December 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you mean the antonym of mysogynist? Dieter Simon 21:37, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: It's spelled 'misogynist' and the opposite of someone who hates women is either a 'misandrist' (one who hates men) or a 'philogynist' (one who loves women) depending on which aspect of the meaning you want to invert. --Distinguisher (talk) 19:49, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled 

message: There's a redirect to this page from opposite, but several concrete meanings of opposite are missing here. — MFH: Talk 14:50, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Unless you can create it as an encyclopaedic article, it is probably more appropriately a Wictionary entry. Dieter Simon 01:11, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

text: Ok, why not put them in yourself? If you have valuable encyclopaedic items you feel ought to be part of a Wikipedia article, please have a go. Sorry, I got carried away a bit with my previous reply to you, and left create out. Oh dear, such stress.(;-) Dieter Simon 22:28, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

text: I guess 'audibly'. --Distinguisher (talk) 19:49, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  opposite 

message: I see that M-W refers to the expression "opposite sex" in its definition. However, you wouldn't say that a nut is the opposite of a bolt. Each serve their function in a symbiotic relationship and do not stand opposite in the true sense, i.e. cold and hot. It has always been my understanding that opposite is the other end of a linear scale for descriptors/states/emotions, not for nouns. Isn't the notion of sexes being opposites based on an archaic viewpoint (one where women weren't even considered people) that doesn't hold true in our current understanding of nature?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.200.74.15 (talk) 15:04, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: 'Male' and 'female' are complementary opposites as are pairs like 'student' versus 'teacher', 'predator' versus 'prey', 'parent' versus 'child' and so on. 'Hot' and 'cold' on the other hand are polar opposites. Complementary opposites involve terms that describe functional relationships between things while polar opposites involve terms that label opposite ends or directions along a scalar dimension.--Distinguisher (talk) 08:36, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  How can Male and Female be opposites? 

message: In comparing similarities or differences, "Apples and Oranges" or "like apples to oranges"
is an idiom to think about. What is the comparison criteria? Both are roundish, both are fruit,
both can be juiced. To contrast- the skin of one is rougher, while the other smooth.
Like chalk and cheese, what does that actually mean? At the opposite ends of some scale, but,
both have calcium. Somewhere in the disscussion someone mentioned that ther are polar opposites
and complementary opposites, which explained the concept more. Signed220.101.66.30 (talk) 06:34, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Any two things in the universe have properties in common, if that’s what’s confusing you. 82.36.68.79 (talk) 19:54, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Apples and oranges 

message: See John Milton's, Paradise Regained for it's play on reversals, also Paradise Lost.
Also Shakespeare's sonnets -" Shall I compare thee to a summer's day..." for exegesis ,
(sonnet 18) for opposites and double meanings.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.101.66.30 (talk) 08:48, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  In poetry 

message: Words most nearly opposite:
1. Respect
2. Affection
3. Motivation
4. Preventive
5. Theoretical Åwürä Ãrhbêñâh (talk) 19:18, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: What?? 82.36.68.79 (talk) 19:55, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  English Language