motsatta

Motsatta is a Swedish adjective meaning opposite or opposing. It describes a relationship in which two things are in contrast, mutually exclusive, or placed on opposite sides of a spectrum. The term is commonly used to characterize sides, viewpoints, or properties that directly oppose one another. For example, phrases such as "motsatta sidor" (opposite sides) or "motsatta synpunkter" (opposing viewpoints) illustrate its usual applications.

The word is widely used across everyday language, journalism, science, and philosophy to express contrast or contrastive relation. In linguistics and semantics, the related noun motsats denotes an antonym; constructions like "motsatta ord" refer to words with opposite meanings. As an inflected form, "motsatta" can appear before plural nouns, while the singular form may be "motsatt." The term is a standard part of Swedish descriptive vocabulary for expressing opposition or contrast.

See also: motsats, motsatsord, antonym, opposition, polarity.