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Opposites are concepts, actions, or characteristics that are considered completely different, or in the case of actions would do the reverse and/or undo the other.

Typical opposites are good/bad, stop/go, short/long, hero/villain, or light/heavy. Words that mean the opposite of each other, or nearly so, are antonyms.

Regarding people, "opposites" are those who do not share lifestyles, backgrounds, tendencies, opinions, and/or avocations. In relationships, the observation that "opposites attract" may be due the complementary natures of a pair, or to either's curiosity about activities that they have never tried.

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