oppositions

Oppositions are two things that are in direct opposition to each other. For example, you have the oppositions of hot and cold, light and dark, male and female.

  • The oppositions of hot and cold are the two most common oppositions.

  • The oppositions of light and dark are the two oppositions that you see the most in the world.

Definition of oppositions

noun

the act of hostile groups opposing each other

Synonyms:

confrontation

noun

an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)

Synonyms:

enemy, foe, foeman

noun

the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with

Synonyms:

resistance

noun

a contestant that you are matched against

Synonyms:

opponent, opposite

noun

the relation between opposed entities

Synonyms:

oppositeness

noun

a body of people united in opposing something

noun

a direction opposite to another

noun

the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected

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Example Sentences for oppositions

  • 1

    They barracked the enemy in the opposite side.

  • 2

    Magenta is the opposite of green, and yellow the opposite of blue.

  • 3

    A theocracy is the opposite of this.

  • 4

    It is the opposite of a diminutive.

  • 5

    It is the opposite of exaggeration.

  • 6

    That is the opposite of battleground.

  • 7

    That is the opposite of civility.

  • 8

    That is the opposite of elitism.

  • 9

    That's the opposite of socialization.

  • 10

    That's the opposite of tendentious.