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Gangway :: Gangway (v. i.) In the English House of Commons, a narrow aisle across the house, below which sit those who do not vote steadly either with the government or with the opposition..

Antipathy :: Antipathy (n.) Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.

Antagonist :: Antagonist (n.) A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it..

Holohedral :: Holohedral (a.) Having all the planes required by complete symmetry, -- in opposition to hemihedral..

Opposition :: 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..

Spiritualism :: Spiritualism (n.) The doctrine, in opposition to the materialists, that all which exists is spirit, or soul -- that what is called the external world is either a succession of notions impressed on the mind by the Deity, as maintained by Berkeley, or else the mere educt of the mind itself, as taught by Fichte..

Defiance :: Defiance (n.) The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat..

Theomachy :: Theomachy (n.) Opposition to God or the divine will.

Contra :: Contra () A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against, contrary, in opposition, etc., entering as a prefix into the composition of many English words. Cf. Counter, adv. & pref..

Bear :: Bear (v. i.) To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness..

Contrary :: Contrary (a.) Given to opposition; perverse; forward; wayward; as, a contrary disposition; a contrary child..

Oppugnation :: Oppugnation (n.) Opposition.

Disputant :: Disputant (n.) One who disputes; one who argues // opposition to another; one appointed to dispute; a controvertist; a reasoner in opposition.

Impugnation :: Impugnation (n.) Act of impugning; opposition; attack.

Object :: Object (v. t.) To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

Counterstand :: Counterstand (n.) Resistance; opposition; a stand against.

Resistless :: Resistless (a.) Having no power to resist; making no opposition.

Antagonism :: Antagonism (n.) Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles.

Resistance :: Resistance (n.) A certain hindrance or opposition to the passage of an electrical current or discharge offered by conducting bodies. It bears an inverse relation to the conductivity, -- good conductors having a small resistance, while poor conductors or insulators have a very high resistance. The unit of resistance is the ohm..

Opposition :: Opposition (n.) Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy..

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