opposition
4 definitions found
opposition - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Opposition \Op`po*si"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. oppositio. See
Opposite.]
1. The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or
defeat; resistance.
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The counterpoise of so great an opposition. --Shak.
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Virtue which breaks through all opposition.
--Milton.
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2. The state of being placed over against; situation so as to
front something else. --Milton.
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3. Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or
purpose; antipathy. --Shak.
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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.
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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.
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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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opposition - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
opposition
n 1: 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" [syn: resistance,
opposition]
2: the relation between opposed entities [syn: opposition,
oppositeness]
3: the act of hostile groups opposing each other; "the
government was not ready for a confrontation with the
unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition" [syn:
confrontation, opposition]
4: a contestant that you are matched against [syn: opposition,
opponent, opposite]
5: a body of people united in opposing something
6: a direction opposite to another
7: an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing
military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his
enemies" [syn: enemy, foe, foeman, opposition]
8: the major political party opposed to the party in office and
prepared to replace it if elected; "Her Majesty's loyal
opposition"
opposition - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :
OPPOSITION, practice. The act of a creditor who, declares his dissent to a
debtor's being discharged under the insolvent laws.
opposition - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
298 Moby Thesaurus words for "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,
counter-culture, counteraction, 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
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