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 disagree |
alienation |
allegory |
analogy |
antagonism |
antagonist |
antagonistic |
anteposition |
antipathy |
antithesis |
antithetical |
apostasy |
argumentation |
arrest |
arrestation |
arrestment |
assailant |
at daggers drawn |
averseness |
aversion |
backlash |
backwardness |
balancing |
ban |
blackball |
blackballing |
blockage |
blocking |
challenge |
check |
clashing |
clogging |
closing up |
closure |
collision |
combatant |
combative reaction |
comparative anatomy |
comparative degree |
comparative grammar |
comparative judgment |
comparative linguistics |
comparative literature |
comparative method |
compare |
comparing |
comparison |
competing |
competition |
competitive |
competitor |
complaint |
con |
conflict |
conflicting |
confrontation |
confrontment |
confutation |
constriction |
contention |
contradiction |
contradistinction |
contraindication |
contraposition |
contrariety |
contrast |
contrastiveness |
controversy |
correlation |
counteraction |
counter-culture |
counterposition |
counterworking |
cramp |
crankiness |
cross-purposes |
crotchetiness |
cursoriness |
defiance |
delay |
demur |
departure |
detainment |
detention |
deviation |
difference |
dim view |
disaccord |
disaccordance |
disagreement |
disappointment |
disapprobation |
disapproval |
disconformity |
discongruity |
discontent |
discontentedness |
discontentment |
discord |
discordance |
discordancy |
discrepancy |
discreteness |
disenchantment |
disesteem |
disfavor |
disgruntlement |
disharmony |
disillusion |
disillusionment |
disinclination |
disobedience |
disparity |
displeasure |
dispute |
disrelish |
disrespect |
dissatisfaction |
dissension |
dissent |
dissentience |
dissidence |
dissimilarity |
dissonance |
distaste |
distinction |
distinctiveness |
distinctness |
disunion |
disunity |
divergence |
divergency |
diversity |
dropping out |
enemy |
exclusion |
faction |
far cry |
fixation |
flak |
foe |
foeman |
foot-dragging |
fractiousness |
friction |
grudging consent |
grudgingness |
hampering |
heterogeneity |
hindering |
hindrance |
holdback |
holdup |
hostile |
hostility |
impediment |
in opposition |
inaccordance |
incompatibility |
incongruity |
inconsistency |
inconsonance |
indignation |
indisposedness |
indisposition |
indocility |
inequality |
inharmoniousness |
inharmony |
inhibition |
inimicalness |
interference |
interruption |
intractableness |
irreconcilability |
jarring |
kick |
lack of enthusiasm |
lack of zeal |
let |
likening |
low estimation |
low opinion |
matching |
metaphor |
minority opinion |
mixture |
mutinousness |
negation |
negativism |
nolition |
nonagreement |
nonassent |
nonconcurrence |
nonconformity |
nonconsent |
noncooperation |
nuisance value |
objection |
obstinacy |
obstruction |
obstructionism |
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.
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