Definition of antipodes

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an·tip·o·des    (n-tp-dz) KEY 

pl.n.

1. Any two places or regions that are on diametrically opposite sides of the earth.
2. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Something that is the exact opposite or contrary of another; an antipode.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, people with feet opposite ours, from Latin, from Greek, from pl. of antipous, with the feet opposite : anti-, anti- + pous, pod-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
an·tipo·dean(Adjective)