polarization
3 antonyms for polarization — opposites grouped by meaning.
Noun — The process by which a group, especially a country's electorate, splits into two opposed camps with fewer and fewer people holding middle-ground views.
Synonyms by Meaning
1. noun
The process by which a group, especially a country's electorate, splits into two opposed camps with fewer and fewer people holding middle-ground views.
“Polarization has made it harder to pass any bill with cross-party support.”
Opposites
2. noun
In physics, the restriction of the vibrations of a light or other transverse wave to a single plane or direction.
“Sunglasses reduce glare by filtering out light of one polarization.”
Antonyms
How to use polarization
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
Neutral; the political sense is the one now dominant in news writing. British English usually spells it polarisation.
Etymology
From polar, via Latin polaris, from Greek polos 'axis, pole'. The verb polarize adds the verb-forming suffix -ize, and -ation then turns that verb into a noun.
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