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Opposition Opposition Op`po*si"tion, n. [F., fr. L. oppositio. See
Opposite.]
1. The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or
defeat; resistance.
The counterpoise of so great an opposition. --Shak.
Virtue which breaks through all opposition.
--Milton.
2. The state of being placed over against; situation so as to
front something else. --Milton.
3. Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or
purpose; antipathy. --Shak.
4. That which opposes; an obstacle; specifically, the
aggregate of persons or things opposing; hence, in
politics and parliamentary practice, the party opposed to
the party in power.
5. (Astron.) The situation of a heavenly body with respect to
another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite
to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite
when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180[deg];
-- signified by the symbol ?; as, ? [Jupiter] [Sun],
opposition of Jupiter to the sun.
6. (Logic) The relation between two propositions when, having
the same subject and predicate, they differ in quantity,
or in quality, or in both; or between two propositions
which have the same matter but a different form.
Oppositionist Oppositionist Op`po*si"tion*ist, n.
One who belongs to the opposition party. --Praed.
