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OPPOSITION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
Example:
despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead
Synonyms:
opposition; resistance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("opposition" is a kind of...):
action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "opposition"):
lockout (a management action resisting employee's demands; employees are barred from entering the workplace until they agree to terms)
reaction (doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like)
anti-takeover defense (resistance to or defense against a hostile takeover)
Derivation:
oppose (be against; express opposition to)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of hostile groups opposing each other
Example:
the invaders encountered stiff opposition
Synonyms:
confrontation; opposition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("opposition" is a kind of...):
resistance (group action in opposition to those in power)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "opposition"):
strikebreaking (confrontational activities intended to break up a strike by workers)
Derivation:
oppose (fight against or resist strongly)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A body of people united in opposing something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("opposition" is a kind of...):
body (a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "opposition"):
INC; Iraqi National Congress (a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected
Example:
Her Majesty's loyal opposition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Opposition" is a kind of...):
party; political party (an organization to gain political power)
Sense 5
Meaning:
An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
Example:
a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies
Synonyms:
enemy; foe; foeman; opposition
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("opposition" is a kind of...):
adversary; antagonist; opponent; opposer; resister (someone who offers opposition)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "opposition"):
besieger (an enemy who lays siege to your position)
Holonyms ("opposition" is a member of...):
enemy (an opposing military force)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A contestant that you are matched against
Synonyms:
opponent; opposite; opposition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("opposition" is a kind of...):
contestant (a person who participates in competitions)
Sense 7
Meaning:
A direction opposite to another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("opposition" is a kind of...):
direction (the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "opposition"):
enantiomorphism; mirror-image relation (the relation of opposition between crystals or molecules that are reflections of one another)
antipodal; antipodal opposition; diametrical opposition (the relation of opposition along a diameter)
orthogonal opposition; orthogonality; perpendicularity (the relation of opposition between things at right angles)
Sense 8
Meaning:
The relation between opposed entities
Synonyms:
oppositeness; opposition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("opposition" is a kind of...):
relation (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "opposition"):
antagonism (the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors)
inverse; opposite (something inverted in sequence or character or effect)
contrary; opposite; reverse (a relation of direct opposition)
tertium quid (some third thing similar to two opposites but distinct from both)
contrariety (the relation between contraries)
contrary (exact opposition)
contradiction (opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas)
contradictoriness (the relation that exists when opposites cannot coexist)
ungradable opposition (an opposition that has no intermediate grade; either one or the other)
polarity; sign (having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges))
gradable opposition (an opposition that is capable of being graded)
mutual opposition; polarity (a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies)
flip side (a different aspect of something (especially the opposite aspect))
contrast; direct contrast (the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared)
conflict (opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot))
antithesis (exact opposite)
antipode (direct opposite)
Context examples:
“I trust, Harrison, that your opposition is withdrawn?” said my uncle.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
There was another reason too for her opposition.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
But I will not be tempted to set myself in opposition to thee.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
As NPGL levels greatly increased in mice exposed to a low calorie diet, it is an appetite promoter, working in opposition to appetite suppressing hormones such as leptin.
(New Appetite Control Mechanism Found in Brain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The king gathered together his people, and did not know whether or not he could offer any opposition to the enemy, who was superior in strength and had a mighty army.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Symptoms of opposition had been evident from time to time during the evening, and now Dr. James Illingworth, of Edinburgh, rose in the center of the hall.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Now Aunt March possessed in perfection the art of rousing the spirit of opposition in the gentlest people, and enjoyed doing it.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Without concurrence or opposition.
(Neither Agree or Disagree, NCI Thesaurus)
A predominant feeling of opposition.
(Mostly Disagree, NCI Thesaurus)
An unequivocal feeling of opposition.
(Definitely Disagree, NCI Thesaurus)
