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# Union of opposites
- URL: https://www.descentpress.com/index/union-of-opposites/
- Published: 2026-09-05T04:40:52.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-10T02:38:01.000Z
- Description: Union of opposites is Sharp’s synonym redirect to opposites—the problem and process of bringing polarities into living relation (often via coniunctio, transcendent-function, tertium-non-datur).
- Author: Jae Botávn
- Tags: #index, #Import 2026-09-04 23:45

## 1\. Etymology

**Union of opposites** is Sharp’s synonym redirect to **[opposites](https://www.descentpress.com/index/opposites/)**—the problem and process of bringing polarities into living relation (often via [coniunctio](https://www.descentpress.com/index/coniunctio/), [transcendent-function](https://www.descentpress.com/index/transcendent-function/), [tertium-non-datur](https://www.descentpress.com/index/tertium-non-datur/)).

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## 2\. Plain summary

**Examples (exhaustive house list for this Index lemma — common union-of-opposites motifs named across Jung’s essays and standard Jungian lexica; not a claim that Jung’s CW contains only these):**  
Sharp redirect → opposites; living relation of polarities; dual-stamp OPP-1–4 only.

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## 3\. Academic elucidation

Hub entry. Authority and §5 sample: [opposites](https://www.descentpress.com/index/opposites/) (OPP folded). confirm: **no new union-of-opposites leaf stamps** this pass; dual-stamp OPP-1–4 only.

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## 4\. Lexicon

**Sharp (1991)**

> Union of opposites. See opposites.

(Sharp, 1991)

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## 5\. CW concordance — sample, not exhaustive

**Dual via [opposites](https://www.descentpress.com/index/opposites/) (OPP-1–4 already stamped; no rewrite):** **1955–1956/1970** · **1954/1968** · **1917/1966** · **1931/1969**.

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**See also:** [opposites](https://www.descentpress.com/index/opposites/); [coniunctio](https://www.descentpress.com/index/coniunctio/); [unus-mundus](https://www.descentpress.com/index/unus-mundus/); [transcendent-function](https://www.descentpress.com/index/transcendent-function/); [tertium-non-datur](https://www.descentpress.com/index/tertium-non-datur/); [unconsciousness](https://www.descentpress.com/index/unconsciousness/).

## References

Samuels, A., Shorter, B., & Plaut, F. (1986). *A critical dictionary of Jungian analysis*. Routledge.

Sharp, D. (1991). *Jung lexicon: A primer of terms & concepts*. Inner City Books.

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