Opposition (IPA: /ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən/)
| Opposition (n.) |
The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance. |
| Opposition (n.) |
The state of being placed over against; situation so as to front something else. |
| Opposition (n.) |
Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy. |
| Opposition (n.) |
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. |
| Opposition (n.) |
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�; -- signified by the symbol /; as, / / /, opposition of Jupiter to the sun. |
| Opposition (n.) |
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. |
| Opposition |
Two celestial bodies are said to be in opposition when they are on opposite sides of the sky, viewed from a given place (usually Earth) |
| Opposition |
In chess, when two kings face each other with only one square between them |
| Opposition |
In philosophy, condition of putting characteristics in contrast to another |
| Opposition |
In Australia |
| Opposition |
Political parties represented in the Croatian Parliament that are not part of the Government |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " [The opposition Press] which is in the hands of malecontents who have failed in their career." - Journalism |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A country cannot solely rely on the government and opposition parties to solve all of the problems." - Jiang Yi-huah |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "As there was no open opposition to Aryanism from the beginning, it grew in stages and made us degraded" - Periyar E. V. Ramasamy |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Before mine eyes in opposition sits Grim Death, my son and foe." - Death |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - English proverbs |
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