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polar opposition

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Noun1.polar opposition - an opposition that can be graded between two extremes or poles
gradable opposition - an opposition that is capable of being graded


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Three years later Haussegger fully explores the issue, challenging aspects of feminism and trying to move beyond the polar opposition of women as either mothers or workers.
While weekly seminars perhaps offered a venue to de-brief and helped reinforce that which is known to be good instruction (particularly identifiable as it is in polar opposition to the school's exhibited conduct of physical education), the structure of the experience did not allow for the candidate to practice good pedagogy.
Lacking the tonal intimacy of, say, Janet Cardiff's binaural headphones, Lislegaard's installation forced the viewer to strain (in polar opposition to Bruce Nauman's habit of yelling at the audience).
 
 
 
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