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oppositional /ˌɒpəˈzɪʃ(ə)n(ə)l /adjective1Characterized by resistance or dissent: an oppositional stance to capitalism the suppression of oppositional critical thought...- For Davies and his colleagues, nature and technology were only partly oppositional.
- The avant-garde is to be understood neither as simply oppositional to dominant ideological structures nor as naively collusive with them.
- But at the same time it is a sure way to put off the naturally oppositional adolescent who is getting directives from numerous adults.
1.1Relating to or denoting a group of opponents, especially in politics: the largest oppositional party in parliament...- Trotsky's arguments were defeated by non-argumentative means and he was unwilling to split the party by forming an oppositional bloc.
- This is not your cue to go off on how the Democrats aren't being sufficiently oppositional.
- He described his understanding of a right-wing organization as "an open, not blindly oppositional one."
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