polarity
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies
he viewed it as a balanced polarity between good and evil
Types & categories
- oppositeness hypernym
Related & opposite
- polar derivation
Sense 2 noun
having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)
he got the polarity of the battery reversed
Types & categories
- oppositeness hypernym
- positivity hyponym
- negativity hyponym
Related & opposite
- polar derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | polar |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | oppositeness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | polar |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | oppositeness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | positivity |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | negativity |