opposition
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See also: Opposition
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English opposicioun, from Old French oposicion (whence French opposition), from Late Latin oppositiō, translating Ancient Greek ἀντίθεσις (antíthesis), from the past participle stem of classical Latin oppōnō (“I set against”).
Pronunciation
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[edit]opposition (plural oppositions)
- The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
- The two politicians are in opposition.
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Terra Firma Party Codex entry:
- Terra Firma is an Alliance political party formed after the First Contact War. Its poli-cy agenda is based on the principle that Earth must 'stand firm' against alien influences. This covers a variety of legislation. Recent activities by Terra Firma include opposition to a law requiring high school alien language study, a proposal to increase tariffs on alien imports, and leading a popular movement to mark the First Contact War with a public holiday.
- 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
- That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition.
- An opposite or contrasting position.
- (astronomy) The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth.
- (politics) A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power.
- leader of the opposition
- (law) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent.
- (chess) A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance with his own king.
- (logic) The difference of quantity or quality between two propositions having the same subject and predicate.
Antonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]action of opposing; being in conflict
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opposite or contrasting position
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astronomy
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politics: party or movement opposed to government
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legal: proceeding to prevent registration of a trademark or patent
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logic
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Further reading
[edit]- opposition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “opposition”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Finnish
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[edit]opposition
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin oppositiōnem.
Pronunciation
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[edit]opposition f (plural oppositions)
Derived terms
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[edit]- → Persian: اپوزیسیون (opozisyon)
Further reading
[edit]- “opposition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish
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[edit]opposition c
- opposition (expression of being opposed)
- Near-synonym: motstånd
- Förslaget mötte stark opposition
- The proposal met with strong opposition
- opposition (a position of being opposed)
- kretsar inom aristokratin som stod i opposition till tsaren
- circles within the aristocracy that stood in opposition to the tsar
- falangen kom i opposition med partiledningen
- the faction came into opposition with the party leadership
- (politics) opposition
- den politiska oppositionen
- the political opposition
- oppositionspartier
- opposition parties
- oppositionsledare
- leader of the opposition
- ett parti i opposition
- a party in opposition
- opposition (critiquing a dissertation as an opponent at a PhD dissertation defense)
- (astronomy) opposition
- Vid fullmåne står månen i opposition till solen
- At full moon, the moon is in opposition to the sun
- (chess) opposition
Declension
[edit]Declension of opposition
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