opposition

/,ɔpə'ziʃn/

Thân thiện

The opposition party presented its alternative budget in parliament.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The state or condition of being in conflict or disagreement: "opposition" refers to the act or state of resisting, competing against, or being in contrast with something or someone.
   • A person, group, or force that opposes, competes, or stands in the way of another: It can denote the people or parties who are against a particular policy, government, or idea.
   • The relation between two things that are directly facing or positioned against each other: In astronomy or logic, it can describe a specific positional relationship, such as celestial bodies being on opposite sides of a point.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The new policy faced strong opposition from environmental groups.
  • In chess, the king is in opposition to the opponent's king when they stand on the same rank or file with one square between them.
  • The leader of the Opposition criticized the government's budget in parliament.

Advanced Usage

• "in opposition to": being against or in conflict with something.
  • She spoke in opposition to the proposed law.
• "the Opposition" (capitalized): In parliamentary systems, the major political party or coalition that is not in government.
  • The Prime Minister will debate the leader of the Opposition tomorrow.

Variants and Related Words

• Oppose (verb): to be against or resist something.
  • Many citizens oppose the new tax.
• Opposite (adjective/noun): directly facing or contrary.
  • They live on opposite sides of the street.
• Opponent (noun): a person who competes against or disagrees with another in a contest, game, or argument.
  • He shook hands with his opponent after the match.

Synonyms

• Resistance: the refusal to accept or comply with something.
• Antagonism: active hostility or opposition.
• Defiance: open resistance or bold disobedience.

Related Phrases

• Face opposition: to encounter resistance or disagreement.
  • The project faced opposition from local residents.
• Stiff/strong opposition: intense or powerful resistance.
  • The reforms met with stiff opposition from traditionalists.

Idioms

• A wall of opposition: a very strong, unified, and seemingly impenetrable resistance.
  • The proposal hit a wall of opposition and was withdrawn.
• In direct opposition to: completely contrary to.
  • His actions were in direct opposition to his stated principles.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected
   • Her Majesty's loyal opposition
2. an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
   • a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies
3. a direction opposite to another
4. a body of people united in opposing something
5. a contestant that you are matched against
6. the act of hostile groups opposing each other
   • the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions
   • the invaders encountered stiff opposition
7. the relation between opposed entities
8. 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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• Opposition
• enemy
• foe
• foeman
• opponent
• opposite
• confrontation
• oppositeness
• resistance