opposition

op·po·si·tion  (p-zshn)

n.

1.

a. The act of opposing or resisting.

b. The condition of being in conflict; antagonism: "The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself" Virginia Woolf.

2. Placement opposite to or in contrast with another.

3. Something that serves as an obstacle.

4. often Opposition A political party or an organized group opposed to the group, party, or government in power.

5. Astronomy

a. The position of two celestial bodies when their longitude differs by 180°, especially a configuration in which Earth lies on a straight line between the sun and a superior planet or the moon.

b. The position of the superior planet or the moon in this configuration.

6. Logic The relation existing between two propositions having an identical subject and predicate but differing in quantity, quality, or both.

7. Linguistics Contrast in a language between two phonemes or other linguistically important elements.

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oppo·sition·al adj.

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opposition

Noun

1. the act of opposing or being opposed

2. hostility, resistance, or disagreement

3. a person or group antagonistic or opposed to another

4. a political party or group opposed to the ruling party or government

5. Astrol a diametrically opposite position of two heavenly bodies

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opposition  (p-zshn)

1. A characteristic movement of the primate thumb, in which the pad of the thumb can be placed in contact with the pads of the fingers of the same hand.

2. The position of two celestial bodies when their celestial longitude differs by 180°, especially a configuration in which Earth lies on a straight line between the Sun and a superior planet or the Moon. Planets in this position rise as the Sun sets and are visible all night long, reaching their highest point in the sky at midnight; the Moon in this position is full. Compare conjunction. See more at elongation.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	opposition - 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" resistance action - something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" lockout - a management action resisting employee's demands; employees are barred from entering the workplace until they agree to terms reaction - doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like; "his style of painting was a reaction against cubism" anti-takeover defense - resistance to or defense against a hostile takeover
	2.	opposition - the relation between opposed entities oppositeness relation - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together antipode - direct opposite; "quiet: an antipode to focused busyness" antithesis - exact opposite; "his theory is the antithesis of mine" conflict - opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot); "this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing" contrast, direct contrast - the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared; "in contrast to", "by contrast" flip side - a different aspect of something (especially the opposite aspect); "the flip side of your positive qualities sometimes get out of control"; "on the flip side of partnerships he talked about their competition" mutual opposition, polarity - a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies; "he viewed it as a balanced polarity between good and evil" gradable opposition - an opposition that is capable of being graded polarity, sign - having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges); "he got the polarity of the battery reversed"; "charges of opposite sign" ungradable opposition - an opposition that has no intermediate grade; either one or the other contradictoriness - the relation that exists when opposites cannot coexist contradiction - opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas contrary - exact opposition; "public opinion to the contrary he is not guilty" contrariety - the relation between contraries tertium quid - some third thing similar to two opposites but distinct from both contrary, reverse, opposite - a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true" inverse, opposite - something inverted in sequence or character or effect; "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse" antagonism - the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors; "the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism"
	3.	opposition - the act of hostile groups opposing each other; "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition" confrontation strikebreaking - confrontational activities intended to break up a strike by workers resistance - group action in opposition to those in power
	4.	opposition - a contestant that you are matched against opponent, opposite contestant - a person who participates in competitions
	5.	opposition - a body of people united in opposing something body - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body" INC, Iraqi National Congress - a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government
	6.	opposition - a direction opposite to another direction - the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves; "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind" orthogonal opposition, orthogonality, perpendicularity - the relation of opposition between things at right angles antipodal, antipodal opposition, diametrical opposition - the relation of opposition along a diameter enantiomorphism, mirror-image relation - the relation of opposition between crystals or molecules that are reflections of one another
	7.	opposition - an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies" foe, foeman, enemy enemy - an opposing military force; "the enemy attacked at dawn" armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" adversary, antagonist, opposer, resister, opponent - someone who offers opposition besieger - an enemy who lays siege to your position
	8.	Opposition - the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected; "Her Majesty's loyal opposition" party, political party - an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"

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opposition

noun 1. hostility, resistance, resentment, disapproval, obstruction, animosity, aversion, antagonism, antipathy, obstructiveness, counteraction, contrariety << OPPOSITE support

noun 2. opponent(s), competition, rival(s), enemy, competitor(s), other side, challenger(s), foe, contestant(s), antagonist(s)

Translations

opposition [ɔpəˈzɪʃən] n → oposición f

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opposition [ɔpəˈzɪʃən] n → opposition f

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opposition [ɔpəˈzɪʃən] oppose n (= resistance) → Widerstand m;

(Sport) → Gegner pl;

the Opposition (Pol) → die Opposition

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opposition [ɔpəˈzɪʃən] n → opposizione f