antipode

plural antipodes

1. Something or someone located at the diametrically opposite place on Earth (of something or someone else)

   For example, the antipode of Hong Kong is Near Rio de Janeiro.

   2022, Zvi Drezner, “Continuous Location Facility Problems”, in Saïd Salhi, John Boylan, editors, The Palgrave Handbook of Operations Research, page 277

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   So while the people in the north are having bright summer weather, their antipodes are in the midst of winter.

   1922, “Third Class — Geography”, in The Canadian Teacher, volume XXVII, number 3, page 159

2. broadlyfigurativelySomething or someone that is the diametrical opposite (of something or someone else).

   The very Reverse of a Wit. The Antipode of Sense.

   1704, David Crawford, Love at First Sight: A Comedy, London: R. Basset, page 58

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   A Mexican diligence is ſimilar^([sic]) to an American post coach or mail stage, and a stranger from the United States, taking his seat in one of them, while all else around him is nearly the antipodes of what he has been accustomed to, feels old sensations revive, as he once more finds something that looks like home.

   1847, editorial staff, “A Mexican Diligence”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 10, page 74

   In many ways, Memphis was the antipode of Boston.

   2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 167

   Synonyms: antipous