resistance expressed in an action or argument. resistance, hostility, objection, etc.
1. (n.)opposition
the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
2. opposition
antagonism or hostility.
3. opposition
a person or group of people opposing, criticizing, or protesting something, someone, or another group.
4. opposition
(sometimes cap.) the major political party opposed to the party in power and seeking to replace it.
5. opposition
the act of placing opposite, or the state or position of being placed opposite.
6. opposition
the act of opposing, or the state of being opposed by way of comparison or contrast.
7. opposition
the relation between two propositions in logic that have the same subject and predicate, but which differ inquantity or quality, or in both.
8. opposition
the situation of two heavenly bodies when their longitudes or right ascensions differ by 180°:
The moon is in opposition to the sun when the earth is directly between them.
9. opposition
the relationship between two alternative units within a linguistic system.
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