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opposition
noun
- 1. The act of resisting or fighting against someone or something by force or argument.
- Thesaurus: antagonism, hostility, protest, resistance, defiance, malice, hate, dislike, defiance, antipathy, aversion, anger; Antonym: support.
- Thesaurus: hostilities, contention, fighting, conflict, clashing, combat, warfare, rivalry; Antonym: peace.
- Thesaurus: rival, the other side, opponent.
- Form: the Opposition (usually)
6. logic.
- A difference of quantity or quality between two propositions with the same subject and predicate.
- The position of a planet or star when it is directly opposite another, especially the Sun, as seen from the Earth.
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