polar opposition

1. 1.

   an opposition that can be graded between two extremes or poles

   Broadergradable opposition

Questions about polar opposition

What does polar opposition mean?

polar opposition means "an opposition that can be graded between two extremes or poles".

Is polar opposition a common word?

polar opposition is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.