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Opposition

Opposition Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Opposition? [n] the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead" [n] the act of opposing groups confronting each other; "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition" [n] a body of people united in opposing something [n] a political party opposed to the party in power and prepared to replace it if elected; "Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition" [n] an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies" [n] a contestant that you are matched against [n] a direction opposite to another [n] the relation between opposed entities Synonyms \| Synonyms for Opposition: confrontation \| enemy \| foe \| foeman \| opposite \| oppositeness \| resistance Related Terms \| Find terms related to Opposition: adversary \| adversity \| agreement to 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occlusion \| odds \| opponent \| opposed \| opposing \| opposing party \| opposite camp \| oppositeness \| opposure \| oppugnance \| oppugnancy \| ostracism \| other side \| otherness \| parallelism \| passive resistance \| perfunctoriness \| perverseness \| perversity \| polar opposition \| polarity \| polarization \| posing against \| proportion \| protest \| reaction \| rebuff \| recalcitrance \| recalcitrancy \| recalcitration \| recoil \| recusance \| recusancy \| refractoriness \| refusal \| rejection \| relation \| reluctance \| renitence \| renitency \| repellence \| repellency \| repercussion \| repression \| repudiation \| repugnance \| repulse \| repulsion \| resistance \| restraint \| restriction \| retardation \| retardment \| revolt \| rival \| secession \| separateness \| setback \| showdown \| simile \| similitude \| slowness \| squeeze \| stand \| stranglehold \| stricture \| stubbornness \| sulk \| sulkiness \| sulks \| sullenness \| suppression \| swimming upstream \| the loyal opposition \| the opposition \| thumbs-down \| trope of comparison \| unconformity \| uncooperativeness \| underground \| unenthusiasm \| unfriendliness \| unhappiness \| unharmoniousness \| unlikeness \| unorthodoxy \| unwillingness \| variance \| variation \| variegation \| variety \| weighing \| withdrawal \| withstanding See Also \| action \| adversary \| antagonism \| antagonist \| antipodal \| antipodal opposition \| antipode \| anti-takeover defense \| antithesis \| besieger \| body \| conflict \| contestant \| contradiction \| contradictoriness \| contrariety \| contrary \| contrast \| diametrical opposition \| direct contrast \| direction \| enantiomorphism \| gradable opposition \| inverse \| lockout \| mirror-image relation \| mutual opposition \| opponent \| opposer \| opposite \| orthogonal opposition \| orthogonality \| party \| perpendicularity \| polarity \| political party \| reaction \| relation \| resister \| reverse \| sign \| strikebreaking \| tertium quid \| ungradable opposition Opposition In Webster's Dictionary \Op`po*si"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. oppositio. See {Opposite}.] 1. The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance. The counterpoise of so great an opposition. --Shak. Virtue which breaks through all opposition. --Milton. 2. The state of being placed over against; situation so as to front something else. --Milton. 3. Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy. --Shak. 4. That which opposes; an obstacle; specifically, the aggregate of persons or things opposing; hence, in politics and parliamentary practice, the party opposed to the party in power. 5. (Astron.) The situation of a heavenly body with respect to another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180[deg]; -- signified by the symbol ?; as, ? [Jupiter] [Sun], opposition of Jupiter to the sun. 6. (Logic) The relation between two propositions when, having the same subject and predicate, they differ in quantity, or in quality, or in both; or between two propositions which have the same matter but a different form.

Opposition Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Opposition?

[n] the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead"
[n] the act of opposing groups confronting each other; "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition"
[n] a body of people united in opposing something
[n] a political party opposed to the party in power and prepared to replace it if elected; "Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition"
[n] an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"
[n] a contestant that you are matched against
[n] a direction opposite to another
[n] the relation between opposed entities

Opposition In Webster's Dictionary

\Op`po*si"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. oppositio. See
{Opposite}.]
1. The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or
   defeat; resistance.

         The counterpoise of so great an opposition. --Shak.

         Virtue which breaks through all opposition.
                                               --Milton.

2. The state of being placed over against; situation so as to
   front something else. --Milton.

3. Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or
   purpose; antipathy. --Shak.

4. That which opposes; an obstacle; specifically, the
   aggregate of persons or things opposing; hence, in
   politics and parliamentary practice, the party opposed to
   the party in power.

5. (Astron.) The situation of a heavenly body with respect to
   another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite
   to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite
   when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180[deg];
   -- signified by the symbol ?; as, ? [Jupiter] [Sun],
   opposition of Jupiter to the sun.

6. (Logic) The relation between two propositions when, having
   the same subject and predicate, they differ in quantity,
   or in quality, or in both; or between two propositions
   which have the same matter but a different form.

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