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opposition
A	noun
	1	resistance, 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"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚resistance, opposition ╚anti-takeover defense ╚reaction ╚lockout
	2	confrontation, opposition
			the act of opposing groups confronting each other; "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚group action ╚resistance ╚confrontation, opposition ╚strikebreaking
	3	opposition
			a body of people united in opposing something
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚social group ╚gathering; assemblage ╚body ╚opposition ╚Iraqi National Congress; INC
	4	opposition
			a political party opposed to the party in power and prepared to replace it if elected; "Her Majesty's loyal opposition"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚social group ╚organization; organisation ╚party; political party ╚opposition
	5	enemy, foe, foeman, opposition
			an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚adversary; antagonist; opponent; opposer; resister ╚enemy, foe, foeman, opposition ╚besieger
	6	opposition, opponent, opposite
			a contestant that you are matched against
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚contestant ╚opposition, opponent, opposite
	7	opposition
			a direction opposite to another
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚position; spatial relation ╚direction ╚opposition ╚enantiomorphism; mirror-image relation ╚antipodal; antipodal opposition; diametrical opposition ╚orthogonality; perpendicularity; orthogonal opposition
	8	opposition, oppositeness
			the relation between opposed entities
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚opposition, oppositeness ╚tertium quid ╚contrariety ╚contrary ╚contradiction ╚contradictoriness ╚ungradable opposition ╚polarity; sign ╚gradable opposition ╚mutual opposition; polarity ╚contrast; direct contrast ╚conflict ╚antithesis ╚antipode

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