opposition
The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
Example
“The two politicians are in opposition to the bill.”
Other meanings
An opposite or contrasting position.
“These ideas are in opposition to each other.”
The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth.
Synonyms
- resistance
Related words
- antiopposition
- counteropposition
- nonopposition
- oppositional
- oppositionism
- oppositionist
- reopposition
- counter-opposition
- leader of the opposition
- opposition parry
- opposition research
- political opposition
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "oppōnō" (to set against).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “opposition” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.