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Q: So basically, I know the name for both sides of a coin, yet not the coin itself. In other words, when you refer to a coin, you don't want to say 'this object with one side heads, and the other tails', you would want to say 'this coin'. What I want is a general term to refer to two ideas, that are the absolute opposite to each other. I can't really use the word 'concept', or 'idea', because such words are already assigned to the very concepts/ideas themselves.
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polar opposites: polar opposite (plural polar opposites): The complete opposite, opposite in every way. 'Polar opposites' might also refer to the scientific or technical definition of two things having exactly opposing or inverted polarity, sign, orientation, or some other property.