opposition
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
opposition/ɒpəˈzɪʃn/
▶noun
- 1 resistance or dissent.
■ (often the opposition) a group of opponents.
■ (the Opposition) Brit. the principal parliamentary party opposed to that in office.
- 2 a contrast or antithesis.
- 3 Astronomy & Astrology the apparent position of two celestial objects that are directly opposite each other in the sky, especially the position of a planet when opposite the sun.
– derivatives
oppositional adjective,
oppositionist adjective & noun.
oppositional adjective,
oppositionist adjective & noun.
'opposition' also found in these Oxford entries:
adversarial
- adversative
- against
- antagonism
- antidisestablishmentarianism
- antiglobalization
- antipope
- antithesis
- antithetical
- backbencher
- body
- brook
- carry
- collide
- confessor
- contrariety
- counter
- counter-
- counterfeit
- countermove
- counterpose
- crush
- default
- defence
- diehard
- dissentient
- dissident
- divide
- fierce
- foot
- give
- hornet
- hostile
- militia
- obdurate
- object
- objection
- objectionable
- one-to-one
- passive resistance
- penalty try
- persist
- pitot
- range
- re-
- reaction
- rebel
- rebuff
- rebut
