opposition, n.
(oppositions)
freq. cnt. 16
(oppositions)
freq. cnt. 16
the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 6
opposition resistance
sample sentences
"he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens""despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
the relation between opposed entities
<noun.relation> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4
oppositeness opposition
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
the act of hostile groups opposing each other
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
confrontation opposition
sample sentences
"the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions""the invaders encountered stiff opposition"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
a body of people united in opposing something
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
opposition
a contestant that you are matched against
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
opponent opposite opposition
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derivationally related form
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hypernym
an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 23 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 11
enemy foe foeman opposition
sample sentences
"a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"
semantic pointers
member holonym
domain of synset (topic)
hypernym
hyponym
a direction opposite to another
<noun.relation>
opposition