Opposition
Meanings and phrases
Opposition
- the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected
opposition
- the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; resistance
- the relation between opposed entities; oppositeness
- the act of hostile groups opposing each other; confrontation
- a contestant that you are matched against; opponent; opposite
- a body of people united in opposing something
- an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); enemy; foe; foeman
- a direction opposite to another
n.
- the relation of opposition along a diameter; antipodal; diametrical opposition
n.
- the relation of opposition along a diameter; antipodal; antipodal opposition
n.
- the relation of opposition between things at right angles; orthogonality; perpendicularity
ungradable opposition
- an opposition that has no intermediate grade; either one or the other
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- Most opposition parties chose to boycott these elections.
- The main issue for the opposition parties was electoral reform.
- Like many other opposition parties, the MGCC boycotted the election.
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- Since then, DC has been as an opposition party.
- ANO 2011 was the strongest opposition party.
- His party was the main opposition party in the parliament.
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- Al Smith stood in strong opposition to forces of intolerance.
- However, strong opposition to the building of this monument arose.
- However, this committee has faced strong opposition from the Assad regime.
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- Slosberg was re-elected without opposition in 2004.
- He was reelected without opposition in 1892 and 1898.
- and was re-elected without opposition in 2007.
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- She was the first female opposition leader in the province's history.
- Prince Akram was an activist in the civil rights movement and an opposition leader.
- He supported opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan in the 2008 Armenian presidential election.
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- His party was the main opposition party in the parliament.
- The main opposition again came from Roy Wilkins of the national NAACP office.
- The Monarchist Party's main opposition was a group backed by the fraternities.
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- This plan was met with political opposition.
- There was also political opposition.
- Støre was specifically criticized for this by the political opposition.
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- He was fighting with opposition groups in Aleppo's countryside.
- Many of the opposition groups began competing for influence in the ensuing power vacuum.
- The State Department had then reportedly allocated $15 million for civilian opposition groups in Syria.
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- Some opposition leaders asserted that they had no effective access to official media.
- Demonstrations against the government have been dispersed with force, and opposition leaders have been detained.
- The opposition parties won a total of 53 seats, and opposition leaders denounced the official results as fraudulent.
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- Kilkenny provided the opposition on that occasion.
- Laois provided the opposition on that occasion.
- St. Rynagh's provided the opposition on that occasion.
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- Strong local opposition may have also been a factor.
- It was shelved in the face of strong local opposition.
- He was installed as bishop in the face of local opposition.
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- The Liberal Party formed the official opposition.
- In 1922, Labour became the official opposition.
- The Liberal Party led by David Steuart formed the official opposition.
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- Buckingham then joins the opposition against Richard's rule.
- Henry II von Plauen had fallen into disgrace with him for his open opposition against nobility.
- The other, more serious, was the increasing opposition against Byrnes from labor, in particular Hillman.
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- Mazzei faced no opposition in his 2008 election bid.
- Weiland faced no opposition in the Democratic primary.
- He faced no opposition in the 2008 election.
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- The measure was met with strong public opposition and did not pass.
- Johnson's plan was never implemented due to public opposition and a lack of funds.
- It galvanised many of his supporters and built up public opposition to the Munich Agreement.
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- on 10 December, the base was taken by opposition forces.
- The battle was seen as a strategic victory for opposition forces.
- Martyrdom videos seek to humiliate and demoralize opposition forces.
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- The proposal has faced opposition from local residents.
- He faced opposition and withdrew from church life more and more.
- Throughout this time, Musa faced opposition from within his family.
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- In the general election, he was elected without opposition.
- Senate officers and a Regent of USNY were elected without opposition.
- He was elected without opposition both in the primary and the general election.
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- Like many other opposition parties, the MGCC boycotted the election.
- The party, along with other opposition political parties, was finally banned in 1936.
- During the 1975–1977 Emergency, he was jailed for 19 months alongside other opposition political leaders.
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- The Woolfs nevertheless took up publishing her books, despite opposition from John Lehmann.
- When an ordinary free man accepted Islam, despite opposition, he would enjoy the protection of his tribe.
- Kibaki was declared the winner and sworn in on 30 December, despite opposition leader Raila Odinga's claims of victory.
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- Wa'ad is allied with Al Wefaq opposition group.
- The Confessing Church was, in 1934, the first Christian opposition group.
- The Liberal Democrats remained the largest opposition group with eight seats.
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- His party was the main opposition party in the parliament.
- The SDP, the main opposition party, also won 4 seats in the parliament, with 18.71% of the popular vote.
- In June 2019, Cameroonian authorities arrested at least 350 members of Cameroon's main opposition party.
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- Wade was ultimately defeated by opposition candidate Macky Sall.
- There also were reports of mistreatment of an opposition candidate.
- The opposition candidate in the 1948 elections was Otilio Ulate Blanco.
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- This idea immediately met with opposition.
- The move was met with opposition from some Republican lawmakers.
- Plans to discontinue this service originating in the USA in 2007 met with opposition.
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- The 1934 plan was not implemented due to opposition from the local communities.
- The change of flag was postponed until the end of the winter season due to opposition from the Seamen's Union.
- The second round of talks occurred around 25 November, but was not successful due to opposition from the Assad regime.
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- It received fierce opposition from conservative groups.
- The entire merger was met with fierce opposition by the supporters of Kissamikos.
- The Calderónist government of Picado faced fierce opposition during that tense decade.
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- It encountered opposition from farmers, farming lobby groups and opposition politicians.
- Georgian opposition politicians said that the incident needs to be thorough investigated.
- Meanwhile, a number of opposition politicians accused the ruling Smer-SD party of indirect involvement.
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- Meanwhile, Suchet's main attack rolled up Blake's left with very little opposition.
- Edmund came to the throne upon the death of his half-brother in 939, apparently with little opposition.
- There was little opposition to the demolition of most of the block, which included the Old Ebbitt Grill site.
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- Aldrich's bill met much opposition from politicians.
- He won the 2015 general election without much opposition.
- Vytautas took several thousand captives without much opposition.
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- He now expressed opposition to General Boulanger.
- He opined that women are deficient in artistic faculties and sense of justice, and expressed opposition to monogamy.
- The article also argued against the significance of race and expressed opposition to the Nazi theory of the master race.
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- This has faced significant opposition from existing authorities.
- While there, he pushed through reforms despite significant opposition from unions.
- By 1943, a significant opposition to the code had begun to develop inside and outside the Legislature.
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- Several works of the time contained the same opposition.
- His final appearance came in 1923 against the same opposition.
- He scored his maiden century for Norfolk two seasons later against the same opposition.
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- In 1989, Rößler joined the opposition movement Democratic Awakening.
- The second form of opposition movement was more strictly political in character.
- Many cultural figures had already declared solidarity with the opposition movement.
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- Ferroul played on the secular opposition between North and South in calling on the crowd to stand united.
- In his opinion, there is no opposition between two "superpowers", but there are three levels of conflict: local, regional and global.
- Romanization systems use one of two arbitrary ways to represent the Chinese phonemic opposition between aspirated and unaspirated consonants.
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- Barton, Irlam and Higginson meet with considerable opposition in the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy.
- Despite considerable opposition in the state of Virginia, Hazel and others eventually prevailed in acquiring a law school for George Mason.
- In a 47-nation June 2007 survey of global public opinion, the Pew Global Attitudes Project found considerable opposition to NATO operations.
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- The party, along with other opposition political parties, was finally banned in 1936.
- During the 1975–1977 Emergency, he was jailed for 19 months alongside other opposition political leaders.
- Popular Unity (Montenegro) Popular Unity (Montenegrin and ) was an opposition political alliance in Montenegro.
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- Offaly later reached the All-Ireland decider with Galway providing the opposition.
- Limerick later qualified for the All-Ireland final with Galway providing the opposition.
- Nealon later lined out in his first All-Ireland final with Galway providing the opposition.
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- The video have been negatively commented by opposition candidates.
- Various campaigners for opposition candidates, as well as many within the Labour Party, made homophobic comments about Tatchell.
- Three Non-Constituency Members of Parliament (NCMP) seats were offered after the election to the top three losing opposition candidates.
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- This time, all opposition parties voted in favor of the motion, and it carried 255 to 220.
- Following the 2007 season, Floreat Athena dominated almost all opposition but failed to bring home the trophies.
- With all opposition parties suppressed by November 1962, Dacko declared MESAN as the official party of the state.
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- The opposition coalition indicated it would not participate in elections until its demands were met.
- It joined a new opposition coalition, the Alliance for the Republic and Democracy (ARD), in October 2007.
- The opposition coalition had called the election a "farce" and had called for the boycott of the election.
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- The Liberal Democrats remained the largest opposition group with eight seats.
- The Labour Party remained the largest opposition group, with their seats increased to nine.
- The UMBC in due time, became the Third largest opposition party in the Northern Nigeria Assembly.
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- During this time, it never faced more than nine opposition members.
- Unlike in 2010, authorities did not restrict international travel of some opposition members in 2011.
- Violence can both eliminate political opposition directly by killing opposition members, or indirectly by instilling fear.
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- UNITA gave up its armed wing and assumed the role of a major opposition party.
- Notably the election was boycotted by the major opposition parties, who demanded the lifting of martial law.
- The major opposition party Mizo National Front (MNF) barely won five seats, while Mizoram People's Conference (MPC) won just one seat.
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- He entered despite the opposition of his father and after several vain attempts he relented.
- Even though she shunned her suitors and studied earnestly, she accepted Angelito despite the opposition of the family.
- He then decided to take early retirement, receiving a pension from the union despite the opposition of its new leadership.
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- They are in direct opposition to a group called the "Shadow Council" seemingly led by Nick Fury.
- A key part of Nietzsche's thesis is that "happiness and instinct are one," but reason stands in direct opposition to instinct.
- The first six archdemons are produced by Ahriman in direct opposition to the holy immortals created by Ahura Mazda the principle of good.
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- Many of the Anti-Communist opposition figures spent jail time or disappeared forever into this prison.
- It is known that Nyrabia worked closely with renowned Syrian opposition figures and activists, such as Riad Seif and Razan Zaitouneh.
- Under his aegis the special branch of the Federal Police was created, implementing a policy of systematic torture of opposition figures.
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- Fortunately, the plan to mine the seam was scotched, thanks to stiff opposition from locals.
- The Japanese met with stiff opposition, however, when they first attacked Horn Island on 14 March.
- Facing stiff opposition to this policy within the Likud, in November 2005 he left Likud to form a new party, Kadima.
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- This second petition met with serious opposition in the Senate.
- She has been re-elected seventeen times, never facing serious opposition.
- Cobbett attacks only until he meets serious opposition, and then runs away, like a bullying schoolboy.
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- In March 2011, the BBC quoted an estimate of 30,000 political prisoners by "opposition activists".
- Soon, the initiative grew into a mass campaign widely supported by students and opposition activists.
- According to opposition activists and rebels, the military then started raiding homes, killing 50 people.
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- Having disposed of the armed opposition, the French subjected the unfortunate town to a brutal sack.
- However, they were not to include anti-aircraft weapons, something repeatedly requested by the armed opposition.
- Déby faces armed opposition from groups who are deeply divided by leadership clashes but united in their intention to overthrow him.
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- While Netanyahu faced opposition within his cabinet, additional withdrawals were delayed.
- Despite conservative opposition within the German army, indirect fire was adopted as doctrine by the 1890s.
- Finding such stiff opposition within the House, the administration arranged for the bill to be taken up in the Senate.
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- He led the opposition inside the francoist government against the Fraga's Press Law.
- Kilman and Ham Lini led the opposition to the Serge Vohor government when it took office in July 2004.
- State Senator Glenn Grothman, who voted in favor of the program in 1998, led the opposition to the new initiative.
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- After the Nazis gained power in 1933 Nuschke joined the opposition.
- In 1989, Rößler joined the opposition movement Democratic Awakening.
- In 1988, he returned to Cambodia and joined the opposition Sam Rainsy Party.
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- The UMBC in due time, became the Third largest opposition party in the Northern Nigeria Assembly.
- Among them is Birtukan Midekssa, the leader of Unity for Democracy and Justice, the largest opposition party.
- The HDZ returned to power in the 2003 parliamentary election, while the SDP remained the largest opposition party.
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- There was much community opposition to this proposal.
- Development of the rail yard site generated considerable community opposition.
- The highway was ultimately canceled due to environmental and community opposition.
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- From this point onwards the measure ran into parliamentary opposition, manifested in the House of Commons.
- Hambro's actions were defended by the Norwegian parliamentary opposition, including the Conservative Party.
- In turn, ERC regained much of the strength it had loss in the 2010 election and became the main parliamentary opposition party for the first time.