opposition-oppositie: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is opposition? opposition is oppositie

What is oppositie?

  • The act of opposing or resisting.

    De handeling van zich het verzetten van of verzet tegen.

  • The condition of being in conflict; antagonism: "The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself” ( Virginia Woolf).

    De voorwaarde van zijn in conflict; antagonisme: de geschiedenis van mannen tegen vrouwen emancipatie is misschien wel interessanter dan het verhaal van die emancipatie zelf "(Virginia Woolf).

  • Placement opposite to or in contrast with another.

    Plaatsing tegenover aan of in tegenstelling tot andere.

  • Something that serves as an obstacle.

    Iets dat dient als obstakel.

  • A political party or an organized group opposed to the group, party, or government in power.
  • Astronomy The position of two celestial bodies when their longitude differs by 180°, especially a configuration in which Earth lies on a straight line between the sun and a superior planet or the moon.
  • Astronomy The position of the superior planet or the moon in this configuration.
  • Logic The relation existing between two propositions having an identical subject and predicate but differing in quantity, quality, or both.
  • Linguistics Contrast in a language between two phonemes or other linguistically important elements.

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