how to pronounce antipodean

/ænˌtɪp.əˈdiː.ən/

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antipodean is pronounced in five syllables

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An example use of antipodean in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… as an antipodean how big is a billion no …”

meanings of antipodean

adjective:

Relating to the antipodes, or situated at opposite sides of the Earth.
Diametrically opposed.
Of, or pertaining to, Australia or New Zealand.

noun:

An inhabitant of the antipodes.

antipodean frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word antipodean occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics antipodean can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that antipodean can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;

2) people, society, and culture;