Thesaurus: opposition

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1. n. The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.
2. n. The state of being placed over against; situation so as to front something else.
3. n. Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy.
4. 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.
5. n. The situation of a heavenly body with respect to another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180¡; -- signified by the symbol /; as, / / /, opposition of Jupiter to the sun.
6. n. The relation between two propositions when, having the same subject and predicate, they differ in quantity, or in quality, or in both; or between two propositions which have the same matter but a different form.
7. n. the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected
8. n. the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
9. n. the relation between opposed entities
10. n. the act of hostile groups opposing each other
11. n. a contestant that you are matched against
12. n. a body of people united in opposing something