opposition
o puh zi shuhn
- n the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead - n the relation between opposed entities
- n the act of hostile groups opposing each other
the invaders encountered stiff opposition - n a contestant that you are matched against
- n a body of people united in opposing something
- n a direction opposite to another
- n an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
- n the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected
Her Majesty's loyal opposition
- Since midmorning, opposition supporters poured out on the streets in green T-shirts and wearing green wristbands a color symbolizing the opposition movement and marched .
- After its drubbing in this year's elections, the French left began searching for ways to mount a vigorous opposition to the victorious conservative forces.
- For weeks, hard-line elements in Iran's government have been calling for the arrest of the country's opposition leaders.