polarity
poh le ruh tee
- n a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies
he viewed it as a balanced polarity between good and evil - n having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)
he got the polarity of the battery reversed
- Royal Masset, a longtime Texas Republican analyst, says the GOP will continue to fare well in Texas, but he sees a new polarity in the state as the old conservativeliberal labels .
- Despite her massive victory, the vote highlighted a growing polarity between the urban middle class most of which voted for the centrist Carrio, who placed second in the .
- In this oversimplified polarity, Wyoming sits in the heart of that first gay America.