Definition of opposition

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Opposition (n.) That which opposes; an obstacle; specifically, the aggregate of persons or things opposing; hence, in politics and parliamentary practice, the party opposed to the party in power..

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Seditious :: Seditious (a.) Disposed to arouse, or take part in, violent opposition to lawful authority; turbulent; factious; guilty of sedition; as, seditious citizens..
Endure :: Endure (v. t.) To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up with; to tolerate.
Obluctation :: Obluctation (n.) A struggle against; resistance; opposition.
Parliamentarian :: Parliamentarian (n.) One who adhered to the Parliament, in opposition to King Charles I..
Recalcitration :: Recalcitration (n.) A kicking back again; opposition; repugnance; refractoriness.
Antichristianity :: Antichristianity (n.) Opposition or contrariety to the Christian religion.
Contradictoriness :: Contradictoriness (n.) The quality of being contradictory; opposition; inconsistency.
Conflict :: Conflict (v. i.) To be in opposition; to be contradictory.
Counteraction :: Counteraction (n.) Action in opposition; hindrance resistance.
Romanticism :: Romanticism (n.) A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities; specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic effects; -- applied to the productions of a school of writers who sought to revive certain medi/val forms and methods in opposition to the so-called classical style..
Adverse :: Adverse (a.) In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse..
Countertime :: Countertime (n.) Resistance; opposition.
Bear :: Bear (v. i.) To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness..
Antitypy :: Antitypy (n.) Opposition or resistance of matter to force.
Oppugnation :: Oppugnation (n.) Opposition.
Clash :: Clash (v. i.) To meet in opposition; to act in a contrary direction; to come onto collision; to interfere.
Clash :: Clash (n.) Opposition; contradiction; as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes, etc..
Defiance :: Defiance (n.) A state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition to resist; contempt of opposition.
Remonstrate :: Remonstrate (v. i.) To present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or any course of proceedings; to expostulate; as, to remonstrate with a person regarding his habits; to remonstrate against proposed taxation..
Homophyly :: Homophyly (n.) That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting..
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