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  2. disagreement with something, often by speaking or fighting against it, or (esp. in politics) the people or group who are not in power: The proposal faces strong opposition. They expect to defeat the opposition. (Definition of opposition from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of opposition.

  3. noun. 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, or another group. 4. (sometimes cap) the major political party opposed to the party in power and seeking to replace it.

  4. a person or group of people opposing, criticizing, or protesting something, someone, or another group. Sometimes Opposition. the major political party opposed to the party in power and seeking to replace it. the act of placing opposite, or the state or position of being placed opposite.

  5. : an act of setting opposite or over against : the condition of being so set. He spoke in opposition to the new law. 4. : hostile or contrary action or condition. offered strong opposition to the advance of the enemy. 5. a. : something that opposes. specifically : a body of persons opposing something.

  6. disagreement with something, often by speaking or fighting against it, or (esp. in politics) the people or group who are not in power: The proposal faces strong opposition. They expect to defeat the opposition. (Definition of opposition from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of opposition.

  7. opposition. [uncountable, singular] the act of strongly disagreeing with somebody/something, especially with the aim of preventing something from happening. Opposition came primarily from students. opposition to somebody/something Delegates expressed strong opposition to the plans.

  8. Opposition is something that goes against or disagrees with something or someone else. Just about any political view has opposition. Chances are you know the word opposite: this means something similar. The opposition to something goes in the opposite direction.

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