OPPOSITION
Definition:
- [noun] 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"
Synonyms: resistance
- [noun] the relation between opposed entities
Synonyms: oppositeness
- [noun] the act of opposing groups confronting each other; "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition"
Synonyms: confrontation
- [noun] a contestant that you are matched against
Synonyms: opponent, opposite
- [noun] a body of people united in opposing something
- [noun] a direction opposite to another
- [noun] an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"
Synonyms: enemy, foe, foeman
- [noun] a political party opposed to the party in power and prepared to replace it if elected; "Her Majesty's loyal opposition"
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Related Words:
- lockout
- reaction
- anti-takeover defense
- antipode
- antithesis
- conflict
- contrast, direct contrast
- mutual opposition, polarity
- gradable opposition
- polarity, sign
- ungradable opposition
- contradictoriness
- contradiction
- contrary
- contrariety
- tertium quid
- reverse, contrary, opposite
- inverse, opposite
- antagonism
- strikebreaking
- Iraqi National Congress, INC
- orthogonality, perpendicularity, orthogonal opposition
- antipodal, antipodal opposition, diametrical opposition
- enantiomorphism, mirror-image relation
- besieger
