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English noun: opposition | |||
| 1. | opposition (act) the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with | ||
| Samples | He encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens. Despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead. | ||
| Synonyms | resistance | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | action | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | anti-takeover defense, lockout, reaction | ||
| 2. | opposition the relation between opposed entities | ||
| Synonyms | oppositeness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | relation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | antagonism, antipode, antithesis, conflict, contradiction, contradictoriness, contrariety, contrary, contrary, contrast, direct contrast, flip side, gradable opposition, inverse, mutual opposition, opposite, opposite, polarity, polarity, reverse, sign, tertium quid, ungradable opposition | ||
| 3. | opposition (act) the act of hostile groups opposing each other | ||
| Samples | The government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions. The invaders encountered stiff opposition. | ||
| Synonyms | confrontation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | resistance | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | strikebreaking | ||
| 4. | opposition (person) a contestant that you are matched against | ||
| Synonyms | opponent, opposite | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | contestant | ||
| 5. | opposition (group) a body of people united in opposing something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | body | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | INC, Iraqi National Congress | ||
| 6. | opposition a direction opposite to another | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | direction | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | antipodal, antipodal opposition, diametrical opposition, enantiomorphism, mirror-image relation, orthogonal opposition, orthogonality, perpendicularity | ||
| 7. | opposition (person) an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force) | ||
| Samples | A soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies. | ||
| Synonyms | enemy, foe, foeman | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | besieger | ||
| Member meronym | enemy | ||
| Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
| 8. | Opposition (group) the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected | ||
| Samples | Her Majesty's loyal opposition. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | party, political party | ||
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