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Definition: Opposition |
OppositionNoun1. The action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead". 2. The relation between opposed entities. 3. The act of opposing groups confronting each other; "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition". 4. A contestant that you are matched against. 5. A body of people united in opposing something. 6. A direction opposite to another. 7. An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "opposition" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Satire | OPPOSITION, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it. The King of Ghargaroo, who had been abroad to study the science of government, appointed one hundred of his fattest subjects as members of a parliament to make laws for the collection of revenue. Forty of these he named the Party of Opposition and had his Prime Minister carefully instruct them in their duty of opposing every royal measure. Nevertheless, the first one that was submitted passed unanimously. Greatly displeased, the King vetoed it, informing the Opposition that if they did that again they would pay for their obstinacy with their heads. The entire forty promptly disemboweled themselves. "What shall we do now?" the King asked. "Liberal institutions cannot be maintained without a party of Opposition." "Splendor of the universe," replied the Prime Minister, "it is true these dogs of darkness have no longer their credentials, but all is not lost. Leave the matter to this worm of the dust." So the Minister had the bodies of his Majesty's Opposition embalmed and stuffed with straw, put back into the seats of power and nailed there. Forty votes were recorded against every bill and the nation prospered. But one day a bill imposing a tax on warts was defeated -- the members of the Government party had not been nailed to their seats! This so enraged the King that the Prime Minister was put to death, the parliament was dissolved with a battery of artillery, and government of the people, by the people, for the people perished from Ghargaroo. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Aerospace | 1. The situation of two celestial bodies having either celestial longitudes or sidereal hour angles differing by 180 degrees. The term is usually used only in relation to the position of a planet or the moon from the sun. Compare conjunction.2. The situation of two periodic quantities differing by half a cycle. (references) |
Geography | When the right ascension of the object is 180 deg from the Sun. Source: European Union. (references) |
Language | A relationship between elements of a system by means of which the elements can be distinguished from each other. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Opposition is a term used in positional astronomy and astrology. It means that, as seen from some place (usually the Earth), one celestial body is opposite to another in the sky.Specifically, two planets are in opposition to each other when their ecliptic longitudes differ by 180°.
A planet (or asteroid or comet) is simply said to be in opposition, when it is in opposition to the Sun, as seen from the Earth. This is the best time to observe a planet:
The Moon (which orbits the Earth rather than the Sun) is in opposition to the Sun at full moon.
- it is visible almost all night (it rises around sunset, culminates around midnight, and sets around sunrise);
- it makes its closest approach to the Earth during its orbit around this time, so it appears biggest and brightest.
See also: conjunction
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The Parliamentary Opposition forms a form of political opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster-based parliamentary system.In non-proportionally representative assemblies, where the tendency to gravitate into two major parties or party groupings operates strongly, Government and Opposition roles can go to the two main groupings serially in alternation. In this context, the opposition forms a recognised, even semi-official "government-in-waiting". Its "opposing" can degenerate into a charade pending the eventual exchange of roles and (re-)occupation of the Treasury benches.
The more proportional a representative system, the greater the likelihood of muliple political parties appearing in the parliamentary debating chamber. Such systems can foster multiple "opposition" parties which may have little in common and minimal desire to form a united bloc opposed to the government of the day.
Some well-organised democracies, dominated long-term by a single faction, reduce their parliamentary opposition to tokenism. Singapore exemplifies a case of a numerically weak opposition; South Africa under the apartheid regime maintained a long-term imbalance in the parliament.
By their very presence in the debating chamber, parliamentary oppositions recognise the legitimacy of the system of politics, and thus may share many of the views of the government. The Opposition in such cases can justly claim the title of His/Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition. Often one must go the extra-parliamentary oppositions to find radical or fundamental alternatives to the status quo.
See Leader of the Opposition.
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Synonyms: OppositionSynonyms: confrontation (n), enemy (n), foe (n), foeman (n), opponent (n), opposite (n), oppositeness (n), resistance (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Contention | Contestation; struggle; belligerency; opposition. |
Contraposition | Contraposition, opposition; polarity; inversion; opposite side; reverse, inverse; counterpart; antipodes; opposite poles, North and South. |
Contrariety | Noun: contrariety, contrast, foil, oppositeness; contradiction; antagonism; (opposition); clashing, repugnance. |
Counteraction | Voluntary opposition; voluntary resistance; repression; (restraint). |
Noun: counteraction, opposition; contrariety; antagonism, polarity; clashing; Verb: collision, interference, inhibition, resistance, renitency, friction; reaction; retroaction; (recoil); counterblast; neutralization; (compensation); vis inertiae; check; (hindrance). | |
Opponent | Noun: opponent, antagonist, adversary; adverse party, opposition; enemy; the other side; assailant. |
Opposition | Noun: opposition, antagonism; oppugnancy, oppugnation; impugnation; contrariety; contravention; counteraction; counterplot. |
Resistance | Noun: resistance, stand, front, oppugnation; oppugnancy; opposition; renitence, renitency; reluctation, recalcitration; kicking; Verb: |
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Screenplays | Are we nuking the opposition news busters (Drop the Dead Donkey; writing credit: Andy Hamilton; Guy Jenkin) Let's keep kneecapping the opposition. (Drop the Dead Donkey; writing credit: Andy Hamilton; Guy Jenkin) What stories are we scorching the opposition with today (Drop the Dead Donkey; writing credit: Andy Hamilton; Guy Jenkin) Some years ago, a colleague of mine on a simple job, rather like this one, decided he was going to have a little bit of fun. During the course of that 'little bit of fun,' the opposition came in and destroyed them both (The Equalizer; writing credit: Grenville Casey; Loraine Despres) Is any of the opposition around (From Russia with Love; writing credit: Ian Fleming; Johanna Harwood) | |
Lyrics | Sendin all opposition to see a mortician (Keep Their Headz Ringin; performing artist: Dr. Dre) | |
Clever | Satan hasn't a single salaried helper; the Opposition employs a million. (references; author: Mark Twain) Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember a kite rises against, not with, the wind. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | In Opposition (1989) | |
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 | Mars during 1999 opposition with Earth. Credit: NASA. |  | Vaccination spreads to many parts of the world despite opposition. / WHO photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Senator Tom Connally gets rid of opposition to the United Nations Charter. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Japan's premier faces the music--Baron Tanaka defends his policy before the opposition. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Der Denker-Club ... Bundesregierung und Opposition bereiten zur Zeit neue Gesetze vor, die Gesetze zum Schutz des Gemeinschaftsfriedens ... Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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(Frederick II) Frederick The Great | I love opposition that has convictions. |
Albert Einstein | Great Spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. |
Benjamin Disraeli | No government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition. |
Francis Bacon | Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use. |
George Eliot | Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution. |
Johann Friedrich Von Schiller | Opposition always enflames the enthusiast, never converts him. |
Rutherford B. Hayes | Opposition and calumny are often the brightest tribute that vice and folly can pay to virtue and wisdom. |
William Blake | Opposition is true friendship. |
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John Locke | 1690 | Besides, the prince in such a form of government, having the power of dissolving the other parts of the legislative, and thereby rendering them private persons, they can never in opposition to him, or without his concurrence, alter the legislative by a law, his consent being necessary to give any of their decrees that sanction. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | So if a law be in opposition to the constitution; if both the law and the constitution apply to a particular case, so that the court must either decide that case conformably to the law, disregarding the constitution; or conformably to the constitution, disregarding the law; the court must determine which of these conflicting rules governs the case. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | They hold fast by the original views of their masters, in opposition to the progressive historical development of the proletariat. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The Cafe Lemblin stood out for the emperor in opposition to the Cafe Valois, which was in favour of the Bourbons |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | They are very bad reasoners, and vehemently given to opposition, unless when they happen to be of the right opinion, which is seldom their case |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Although testing has not met with enthusiasm, there has been little or no group opposition to offering testing to African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Caucasians, Hispanics, Native Americans, and persons of Jewish ancestry. (references) | |
Business | The facility also received public opposition after its construction. (references) | |
The key parties in the opposition lie to either side of the PRI in the political spectrum. (references) | ||
Once in power, Hitler and his party first undermined then abolished democratic institutions and opposition parties. (references) | ||
Children | Iraq | Sources in the opposition report that the army found it difficult to recruit enough children to fill all of the vacancies in the program. (references) |
Belarus | As part of the Lukashenka regime's efforts to promote a union with Russia and to reduce the influence of opposition movements, the authorities continued to discourage the promotion of, or the teaching of, students in the Belarusian language by limiting the availability of early childhood education in Belarusian. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Ghana | Both towns were opposition strongholds. (references) |
Economic History | Israel | Likud served in the opposition. (references) |
Belize | Dean Barrow is the leader of the opposition. (references) | |
Iraq | The Iraqi regime does not tolerate opposition. (references) | |
Human Rights | Belarus | Targets included opposition candidates and their supporters. (references) |
Bangladesh | Soon after his release, his party left the four-party opposition alliance. (references) | |
Yugoslavia | In one case, the police assaulted an opposition member at a political rally. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Australia | Howard proposed that Parliament express "its deep and sincere regret" that Aboriginals had "suffered injustices under the practices of past generations, and for the hurt and trauma that many indigenous people continue to feel." However, both Aboriginal and opposition leaders stated that only a full apology would be sufficient. (references) |
Minorities | Yugoslavia | The victim was a lawyer who represented opposition members under the Milosevic government. (references) |
Ethiopia | Newer faiths such as Jehovah's Witnesses and Pentecostals encountered overt opposition from the public. (references) | |
Political Economy | Azerbaijan | A lively, critical opposition exists. (references) |
Poland | Leszek Miller leads the opposition SLD. (references) | |
Bulgaria | The UDF and the BSP make up the opposition. (references) | |
Political Rights | Burma | Even limited opposition views were ignored. (references) |
Tunisia | Each opposition newspaper receives $105,000 (150,000 dinars) annually. (references) | |
Jordan | The law did not include quotas for women or opposition political parties. (references) | |
Trade | Taiwan | Farmer and food sector opposition to the reduction of agricultural product tariffs is vigorous, and these groups have substantial political clout. (references) |
Spain | Due to strong industry opposition and the start of negotiations with film distributors and exhibitors to resolve their differences, the Catalan government decided not to implement this law. (references) | |
Hungary | The free trade provisions entered into force in January 1994. Although there is no real opposition, either internally or externally, for Hungary's membership in the EU, timing is uncertain. (references) | |
Women | Philippines | Church opposition to divorce is strong in this predominantly Roman Catholic nation. (references) |
Cote d'Ivoire | On June 11, FGM was performed on approximately 100 girls in Silakro, in the northern department of Touba, despite the village nurse's strong opposition. (references) | |
Ghana | Traditional chiefs became more outspoken in their opposition to the practice of FGM. There are no laws that specifically protect women from sexual harassment. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Mauritania | The CLTM is associated with the Action for Change (AC) opposition party. (references) |
Cambodia | One labor federation maintains an affiliation with the opposition Sam Rainsy Party. (references) | |
Pakistan | Unions associated with opposition parties are allowed to carry on their activities freely. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | NOMINATE, v. To designate for the heaviest political assessment. To put forward a suitable person to incur the mudgobbling and deadcatting of the opposition. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Pervez Musharraf | Well, frankly, at this moment, as with the sentiments around in the Muslim world, I don't think it will be very productive. It will certainly increase the opposition to the United States. |
Robert Novak | There's been a great deal of opposition in the North Carolina legislature over a plan by the University of North Carolina to require reading of a book about the Koran for incoming freshman. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | My very reluctance to ascribe too much importance to the opposition, had its extent been accurately seen, would have been a decided inducement to the smallest efficient numbers. |
Benjamin Harrison | 1889-1893 | We shall not, however, I am sure, be able to put our civil service upon a nonpartisan basis until we have secured an incumbency that fair-minded men of the opposition will approve for impartiality and integrity. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | In a resolution adopted without opposition, the OAS General Assembly in November strongly supported the work of the Commission. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | If we ever hear the Democrats quoting that passage by Lincoln and acting like they mean it, then, my friends, we will know that the opposition has really changed. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | I know there is opposition to more comprehensive trade agreements. |
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| "Opposition" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 82.48% of the time. "Opposition" is used about 9,103 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 82.48% | 7,508 | 1,285 |
| Noun (common) | 17.51% | 1,594 | 5,194 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9,103 | N/A |
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Expressions using "opposition": antipodal opposition ♦ diametrical opposition ♦ direct rein of opposition ♦ gradable opposition ♦ gradual opposition ♦ in direct opposition ♦ in opposition ♦ in opposition to ♦ indirect rein of opposition in front of the withers ♦ leader of the opposition ♦ make opposition ♦ meet with opposition ♦ mutual opposition ♦ offer opposition ♦ opposition party ♦ orthogonal opposition ♦ polar opposition ♦ Polaric opposition ♦ privative opposition ♦ ungradable opposition ♦ unite in opposition to smth. ♦ voluntary opposition. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "opposition": opposition-backed, opposition-baiting, opposition-dominated, opposition-induced, opposition-inspired, opposition-led, opposition-organized, opposition-sponsored. | |
Ending with "opposition": alliance-opposition, government-opposition, multi-opposition. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "opposition"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | teenstelling (antithesis, contradistinction, contrast). (various references) | |
Albanian | opozitë (outs), që i përket opozitës, kundërshtim (censure, challenge, contradiction, contrast, demur, demurrer, deprecation, dispraise, exception, kick, objection, obtestation, protest, reaction, rebellion, rebuff, rebuttal, recalcitrance, retort, return, set down, Stonewall, stonewalling), kontrast (contraposition, contrast, disparity, foil, set off). (various references) | |
Arabic | مناهضة (resistance), مقاومة (fight, impedance, refractoriness, reluctance, renitency, resistance, stamina, stand, strength), مقابلة (audience, encounter, interview, meeting, reciprocity), معاندة (resistance), معارضة (contraposition, contrariness, disagreement, dissension, dissent, objection), حزب المعارضة, تناقض (ambivalence, antinomy, be on the wane, conflict, contradiction, cross-purposes, discrepancy, inconsistency, opposite, repugnance), المنافسة (competition), المقاومة, المعارضة, الخصم (contender, opponent). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съпротива (defence, defense, reluctance, resistance, stand, underground), съпротивление (resistance, resistor, strength), опозиция (counterblast, crossing, outs), опозиционен, на опозицията, противостоене, противопоставяне (confrontation, contradistinction, contrast, dichotomy, objection, resistance), противоположност (contradistinction, contrast, incongruity, inverse, obverse, opposite), противодействие (counteraction, counterwork, reaction, resistance, set down). (various references) | |
Chinese | 反對 (to be opposed to, to fight against, to oppose), 反对 (Against, Dissenting, Objected, Objecting, Objection, Oppose, opposed, opposing, thwart, thwarted, thwarting). (various references) | |
Czech | odpor (antipathy, aversion, contradiction, disgust, dislike, distaste, nausea, protest, reluctance, repugnance, repulsion, resentment, resistance, revulsion), protivník (adversary, antagonist, opponent, rival), protiklad (antinomy, antithesis, contradiction, contrast). (various references) | |
Danish | opposition. (various references) | |
Dutch | oppositie, tegenstand (resistance). (various references) | |
Esperanto | opozicio. (various references) | |
Faeroese | mótstøða (antithesis, contradistinction, contrast). (various references) | |
Farsi | مقاومت (Defiance, Resistance), مقابله (Collation, Contrast), مخالفت (Aversion, Defiance, Gainsay, Objection, Remonstrance, Repugnance, Resistance), تضاد (Antithesis, Conflict, Confliction, Polarity, Polarization), ضدیت . (various references) | |
Finnish | vastustus (resistance), oppositio. (various references) | |
French | opposition. (various references) | |
German | Opposition (outs), Gegensatz (antagonism, anticlimax, antithesis, complement, conflict, contradistinction, contrast, countersubject, difference, opposite), widerstand (resistance, resisted, resistor, stand, withstood), widerspruch (antithesis, contradiction, contradictoriness, contrariety, crosspurposes, disaccord, discrepancy, dissent, inconsistence, inconsistency, objection, protest), Gegenseite (opposite side). (various references) | |
Greek | αντίθεση (antithesis, conflict, contrariety, contrast, contravention, oppositeness), αντιπολίτευση. (various references) | |
Hebrew | יריבות (antagonism, competition, rivalry), שוללות (negation), אופוזיצי", "תרס" (contradiction), "ת '"ות (antagonism, contradiction, contrariness, dissidence, exception, impugnation, objection, resistance), צ" שכ '", 'ו"יות (contrariness), 'ו" (antagonism, antithesis, contradiction, contrast, inverse, opposite), '"יות (contrariness). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ellenzés (discouragement, objection), ellenzék. (various references) | |
Icelandic | mótsetning (antithesis, contradistinction, contrast). (various references) | |
Indonesian | perlawanan (oppugnance, oppugnancy, resistance), dahaga (subordination, thirst). (various references) | |
Italian | opposizione (clash, confrontation, crossing, flak, objection, opponency, outs). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 抵抗 (electrical resistance, resistance), 対抗 (antagonism). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たい"う (antagonism, archduke, body cavity, corresponding, counter-, distinguished or meritorious service, empress dowager, expulsion, face, father of the Imperial adviser, fundamental principles, general features, great talent, leaving school, light pink, opposite, outline, pertaining to school, queen mother, regression, retrogression, Toyotomi Hideyoshi), たいりつ (antagonism, confrontation), たいとう (appearance of, becoming famous, coming to power, correspondence, decadence, decline, equivalence, equivalent, large and wide, long sword, peaceful and calm, raising one's head, rise of, wearing a sword), たい (against, another intention, band, be crowned with, body, company, complying with, corps, double-mindedness, fickleness, form, ill will, image counter, keeping in mind, malice, obedience, object, party, ratio, reality, receive, schnapper, sea bream, secret purpose, snapper, style, substance, the body, ulterior motive, versus), たちうち (contention, crossing swords, shooting from a standing position), "うきょ (canal, death, demise, ditch, elevation, Imperial Palace, official government permission, resistance, sewer), は"たい (antagonism, contrast, dissension, hostility, objection, opposite, resistance, reverse, vice versa), は"ぱつ (oppose, rally, rebound, recover, repelling, repulsion), は""う (circulation, clan school, counteroffensive, crime, criminal act, daimyo, defiance, distribution, feudal lord, han school, hostility, insubordination, offence, printing, promulgation, publishing, rebellion, resistance, sealling), てきたい (antagonism, hostility), てい"う (electrical resistance, resistance). (various references) | |
Korean | 반대 (Contraries, Contrary, inverse, Objecting, Objection, opposing, opposite). (various references) | |
Manx | staanys, oiys, noiys (prejudice). (various references) | |
Norwegian | motsetning (antithesis, contradistinction, contrast). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oppositionay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | oposição (conflict, contradiction, contradistinction, contraposition, contrariety, counteraction, countercheck, objection, out, repugnance, resistance, resistor), antagonismo (antagonism, antithesis, conflict, contradistinction, contrariness, contrast). (various references) | |
Romanian | opunere (contrasting, stand), opoziţie de fazã, opoziţie (antagonism, antithesis, caveat, conflict, contradistinction, contraposition, contrariety, dead set, hostility, opponency, opposite, resistance, stand), rezistenţã (endurance, kick, lasting, opponency, proof, reliability, reluctance, resistance, stamina, stand, stoutness, strength, tolerance of, toughness), deosebire izbitoare, contrast marcat, antifazã. (various references) | |
Russian | оппозиция (outs). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | otpor (counteraction, counterwork, impedance, rebuff, resistance, set down, setdown, stand), opozicija, suprotnost (antithesis, contrary, contrast, converse, obverse, opposite, reverse, set off). (various references) | |
Spanish | oposición (antagonism, competition, contrariness, defiance, discouragement, objection, out). (various references) | |
Swedish | stridighet, opposition, motsats (antithesis, contradistinction, contrariety, contrary, contrast, converse, counter, obverse, opposite, reverse), motsättning (antagonism, contraposition, disagreement, divergence, divergency, variance). (various references) | |
Thai | ผู้ต่อต้าน, ฝ่ายค้าน, การคั"ค้าน (negativity, rebuttal). (various references) | |
Turkish | zıtlık (antagonism, antinomy, antipodes, antithesis, contradistinction, contrast, cross-purposes, repugnance), rekabet (antagonism, competition, rivalry), muhalefet (contrariety, defiance, dissension, dissent, dissidence, hostility, oppositional, out, the outs), karşıtlık (antinomy, contrariness, hostility, reciprocity), karşısav (antithesis), karşı koyma (counteraction, defiance, deprecation, despite, resistance), düşmanlık (animosity, animus, antagonism, bad blood, dead set, enmity, feud, hatred, hostility, venom, virulence, war), başkaldırma (disobedience, insubordination, insurrection, mutiny, rebellion, revolt, uprising). (various references) | |
Turkmen | garюylyk (obstacle). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | супротивність (oppositeness), контраст (antiperistasis, antithesis, contrast, foil, oppositeness, set off), опір (antagonism, antiperistasis, opponency, resistance), опозиція (out), заперечення (answer, but, demur, denegation, denial, deprecation, disavowal, disclaimer, exception, impugnment, nay-say, negative, no, objection, plea, protest, rejoinder, repudiation, retort), протистояння, протилежність (contradistinction, inverse, opposite, oppositeness, reciprocal, reverse), протидія (antagonism, back-set, counteraction, countercheck, countermeasure, counterwork, reaction, resistance). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự chống cự (resistance, withstanding), sự đối nhau vị trị đối nhau sự chống lại, sự đối lập. (various references) | |
Welsh | gwrthblaid, cyfosodiad. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | gaba-gi. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adversitatem, contradictio. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "opposition": oppositional, oppositionist, oppositionists, oppositions. (additional references) | |
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"Opposition" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: omposition, oppositie, oppositio, oppositon, oppostion, popsition. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "opposition" (pronounced Ä'puzi"shun) |
| 8 | Ä' p u z i" sh u n | proposition. |
| 7 | -p u z i" sh u n | composition, deposition, disposition, exposition, imposition, juxtaposition, position, predisposition, presupposition, reimposition, reposition, supposition. |
| 6 | -u z i" sh u n | acquisition, inquisition, physician, requisition. |
| 5 | -z i" sh u n | decomposition, musician, transition. |
| 4 | -i" sh u n | fission, academician, abolition, addition, admission, admonition, ambition, ammunition, apparition, attrition, audition, clinician, coalition, cognition, commission, competition, condition, contrition, decommission, definition, demolition, dentition, dietitian, edition, electrician, emission, erudition, exhibition, expedition, extradition, fruition, geriatrician, ignition, inhibition, intermission, intuition, logician, magician, malnutrition, mathematician, mission, mortician, munition, nutrition, obstetrician, omission, optician, partition, patrician, pediatrician, permission, petition, politician, precondition, preignition, premonition, prohibition, recognition, recondition, redefinition, remission, rendition, repetition, retransmission, rhetorician, sedition, statistician, submission, superstition, suspicion, tactician, technician, theoretician, titian, tradition, transmission, tuition, volition. |
| 3 | -sh u n | facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abomination, abortion, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, auction, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, lotion, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstruction, occupation, ocean, operation, oppression, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, passion, pasteurization, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, predestination, prediction, predilection, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, replication, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, suppression, suspension, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, titillation, toleration, traction, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-i-n-o-o-o-p-p-s-t" | |
-2 letters: position. | |
-3 letters: options, potions, topspin. | |
-4 letters: option, pinots, pintos, pipits, piston, pitons, points, poison, postin, potion, spinto. | |
-5 letters: intis, opsin, pinot, pinto, pints, pions, pipit, piton, point, poons, poops, posit, snoop, snoot, spoon, stoop, tipis, toons, topis, topoi, topos. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-i-n-o-o-o-p-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: oppositions, proposition. | |
+2 letters: oppositional, postposition, propositions. | |
+3 letters: disproportion, oppositionist, postpositions, propositional, propositioned. | |
+4 letters: disproportions, oppositionists, postpositional, propositioning. | |
+5 letters: apolipoproteins, disproportional, disproportioned, postpollination, proprioceptions. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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