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- | [[Image:Splendor Solis.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Splendor Solis]] ([[1532]]-[[1535]]) - [[Salomon Trismosin]] | + | [[Image:466px-Yin yang.svg.png|thumb|right|200px|[[Yin and yang]]]] |
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- | The [[Moon]] and the [[Sun]] are associated with the [[yin and yang]] where the Moon represents ''[[yin]]'' and the Sun ''[[yang]]'' as [[dynamic]] [[opposites]].</small>]] | + | |
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'''Opposite''' may refer to: | '''Opposite''' may refer to: | ||
* [[Opposite (semantics)]], a word that means the opposite of a word | * [[Opposite (semantics)]], a word that means the opposite of a word | ||
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+ | ==Examples of opposites== | ||
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+ | *[[mainstream]] - [[underground]] | ||
+ | *[[good]] - [[bad]] | ||
+ | *[[Dionysian]] - [[Apollonian]] | ||
+ | *[[eros]] - [[thanatos]] | ||
+ | *[[heaven]] - [[hell]] | ||
+ | *[[hero]] - [[villain]] | ||
+ | *[[boredom]] - [[ecstasy]] | ||
+ | *[[soft]] - [[hard]] | ||
+ | *[[black]] - [[white]] | ||
+ | *[[left]] - [[right]] | ||
+ | *[[comedy]] - [[tragedy]] | ||
+ | *[[day]] - [[night]] | ||
+ | *[[low]] - [[high]] | ||
+ | *[[men]] - [[women]] | ||
+ | *[[vice]] - [[virtue]] | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Opposition]] | * [[Opposition]] | ||
* [[Contrary]] | * [[Contrary]] | ||
+ | * [[Dichotomy]] | ||
+ | * [[Anti]] | ||
+ | * [[Antonym]] | ||
+ | * [[Yin and yang]] | ||
+ | * [[Unity of opposites]] | ||
+ | * [[Janus]] | ||
+ | * [[Adverse]] | ||
+ | * [[Antipode]] | ||
+ | * [[Diametrically]] | ||
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Opposite may refer to:
- Opposite (semantics), a word that means the opposite of a word
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Examples of opposites
- mainstream - underground
- good - bad
- Dionysian - Apollonian
- eros - thanatos
- heaven - hell
- hero - villain
- boredom - ecstasy
- soft - hard
- black - white
- left - right
- comedy - tragedy
- day - night
- low - high
- men - women
- vice - virtue
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See also
- Opposition
- Contrary
- Dichotomy
- Anti
- Antonym
- Yin and yang
- Unity of opposites
- Janus
- Adverse
- Antipode
- Diametrically
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