opposition
31opposition — [[t]ɒ̱pəzɪ̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦ oppositions 1) N UNCOUNT: oft N to n Opposition is strong, angry, or violent disagreement and disapproval. The government is facing a new wave of opposition in the form of a student strike... Much of the opposition to… …
32opposition — oppositional, oppositionary, adj. oppositionless, adj. /op euh zish euhn/, n. 1. the action of opposing, resisting, or combating. 2. antagonism or hostility. 3. a person or group of people opposing, criticizing, or protesting something, someone,… …
33Opposition — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Opposition >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 opposition opposition antagonism Sgm: N 1 oppugnancy oppugnancy oppugnation Sgm: N 1 impugnation| impugnation| =>! Sgm: N 1 contrariety contrariety Sgm: N 1 …
34opposition — Synonyms and related words: adversary, adversity, agreement to disagree, alienation, allegory, analogy, antagonism, antagonist, antagonistic, anteposition, antipathy, antithesis, antithetical, apostasy, argumentation, arrest, arrestation,… …
35Opposition — Es ist bezeichnend, daß in der Politik die Regierung handeln, die Opposition aber reden muß, das heißt, die Regierung wenig reden und die Opposition wenig handeln darf. «Ralf Dahrendorf» Man sollte der Opposition stets einen Knochen zum Nagen… …
36opposition — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of opposing Nouns 1. (antagonism) opposition, antagonism, antipathy; enmity, hate; repugnance, oppugnancy, oppugnation, impugnation; contravention, contradiction; counteraction; counterplot;… …
37opposition — noun 1) the proposal met with opposition Syn: resistance, hostility, antagonism, enmity, antipathy, objection, dissent, disapproval, criticism, demurral; defiance, noncompliance, obstruction 2) they beat the opposition …
38opposition*/*/*/ — [ˌɒpəˈzɪʃ(ə)n] noun 1) [U] strong disagreement with a plan or policy Public opposition to the government is growing.[/ex] 2) the opposition [singular] a person, organization etc that someone is competing against 3) the opposition [singular] the… …
39Opposition — die Opposition, en (Mittelstufe) politische Parteien, die nicht die Regierung bilden Beispiel: Der Politiker vermittelte zwischen der Regierung und der Opposition. Kollokation: der Opposition angehören …
40Opposition — 1. Ablehnung, Absage, Einspruch, Gegensatz, Gegenteil, Nein, Weigerung, Widerspruch, Widerstand, Zurückweisung; (bildungsspr.): Divergenz, Negation. 2. Dissidenz, Fronde, Gegenseite, Gegenströmung, Oppositionspartei, Widerstandsbewegung. * * *… …
