opposition
Noun
Meaning
The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.
The state of being placed over against; situation so as to front something else.
Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy.
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.
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.
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.
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Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.
The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.
People more easily tolerate opposition than a contradiction.
To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Opposition to everyone is a mistaken act.