adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
diametrically opposed (= completely opposite )
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The principles of capitalism and socialism are diametrically opposed .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
opposed
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Broadly, these tensions result from two diametrically opposed approaches to social research - positivism and naturalism.
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A more fundamental problem is that the agency is being asked by Congress to do two diametrically opposed things.
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As to the latter, the Jenkins and Diamond Reports took diametrically opposed positions.
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But this misses the real distinction between diametrically opposed beliefs based on entirely different conceptions of the satisfaction of human needs.
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It also became clear that diametrically opposed opinions of and attitudes towards integration could quite easily be found within a local authority.
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Often compromise is not possible: a choice has to be made between diametrically opposed policies.
opposite
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Its neighbouring census tract to the north exhibited diametrically opposite trends, suggesting that whilst one area improved another declined.
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Furthermore, the lift generated will act in a diametrically opposite direction when the rotation of the cylinder is reversed.
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Thus the same metaphor can lead to diametrically opposite understandings.
■ VERB
oppose
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A more recent image is diametrically opposed to this and emphasizes the affluence of later life.
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To begin with, he was diametrically opposed to the economic ideas advocated by Adam Smith.
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But it was not only different: the two were diametrically opposed .
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It is clear that Guthrie and Linforth follow diametrically opposed methods and reach contradictory conclusions about the nature and existence of Orphism.
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Paula Modersohn-Becker thought of the city and the country as diametrically opposed territories.
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In essence, the founding giants of the computer industry were diametrically opposed in both platform and product.
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Therefore, introspection and self-observation are diametrically opposed in action and effect, and should never be confused one with another.
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Here then the first mate and the captain are diametrically opposed .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A more recent image is diametrically opposed to this and emphasizes the affluence of later life.
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Furthermore, the lift generated will act in a diametrically opposite direction when the rotation of the cylinder is reversed.
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Here then the first mate and the captain are diametrically opposed.
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In essence, the founding giants of the computer industry were diametrically opposed in both platform and product.
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Its neighbouring census tract to the north exhibited diametrically opposite trends, suggesting that whilst one area improved another declined.
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The assumptions in the two systems are almost diametrically opposed.
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Therefore, introspection and self-observation are diametrically opposed in action and effect, and should never be confused one with another.
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To begin with, he was diametrically opposed to the economic ideas advocated by Adam Smith.