Opposition

Meaning of Opposition

noun
  1. resistance or dissent, expressed in action or argument.
    there was considerable opposition to the proposal
  2. a contrast or antithesis.
    a nature–culture opposition
    the opposition between practical and poetic language

late Middle English: from Latin oppositio(n- ), from opponere ‘set against’.

Information about Opposition

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of Opposition is: Oppositions.
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Hyphenation of Opposition

Op-po-si-tion

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
  • Opposition is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

Opposition synonyms

Meaning resistance:

resistance

Meaning oppositeness:

oppositeness

Meaning confrontation:

confrontation

Meaning opponent:

opponent, opposite

Meaning enemy:

enemy, foe, foeman

Meaning hostile behaviour; unfriendliness or opposition:

hostility

Meaning active hostility or opposition:

antagonism

Meaning a deep-seated feeling of aversion:

antipathy

Meaning a state or feeling of active opposition or hostility:

enmity

Meaning an expression or feeling of disapproval or opposition; a reason for disagreeing:

objection

Meaning the holding or expression of opinions at variance with those commonly or officially held:

dissent

Meaning the expression of disapproval of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes:

criticism

Meaning open resistance; bold disobedience:

defiance

Meaning the action of obstructing or the state of being obstructed:

obstruction

Meaning a feeling of distaste or hostility:

dislike

Meaning possession or expression of an unfavourable opinion:

disapproval

Meaning the action of demurring:

demurral

Meaning a serious incompatibility between two or more opinions, principles, or interests:

conflict

Meaning a violent confrontation:

clash

Meaning a point or way in which people or things are dissimilar:

difference

Meaning the state of being strikingly different from something else in juxtaposition or close association:

contrast

Meaning a great difference:

disparity

Meaning a contrast or opposition between two things:

antithesis

Meaning the state of having two opposite or contradictory tendencies, opinions, or aspects:

polarity

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