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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024square′ of opposi′tion, [Logic.]- Philosophya diagrammatic representation of the opposition of categorical propositions.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: square of opposition n - See opposition
op•po•si•tion /ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. - [uncountable] the action of opposing.
- [countable* usually singular;
usually: the + ~] a person or group of people opposing something or someone. - Government[countable* usually singular;
sometimes: the Opposition] the major political party opposed to the party in power and seeking to replace it.
See -pos-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024op•po•si•tion (op′ə zish′ən),USA pronunciation n. - the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
- antagonism or hostility.
- a person or group of people opposing, criticizing, or protesting something, someone, or another group.
- Government(sometimes cap.) the major political party opposed to the party in power and seeking to replace it.
- the act of placing opposite, or the state or position of being placed opposite.
- the act of opposing, or the state of being opposed by way of comparison or contrast.
- [Logic.]
- Philosophythe relation between two propositions that have the same subject and predicate, but which differ in quantity or quality, or in both.
- Philosophythe relation between two propositions in virtue of which the truth or falsity of one of them determines the truth or falsity of the other.
- Astronomythe situation of two heavenly bodies when their longitudes or right ascensions differ by 180°:The moon is in opposition to the sun when the earth is directly between them.
- Astrologythe situation of two heavenly bodies or groups of heavenly bodies whose celestial longitudes differ by 180°, conducive to confrontation or revelation: an astrological aspect.
- [Elect.]the condition that exists when two waves of the same frequency are out of phase by one-half of a period.
- Linguistics
- the relationship between any two alternative units within a linguistic system, esp. between minimally distinct phonemes.
- the feature that constitutes the difference between two such units.
- Latin as above
- Old French opposicion
- Latin oppositiōn- (stem of oppositiō), equivalent. to opposit(us) (see opposite) + -iōn- -ion; replacing Middle English opposicioun
- 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: opposition /ˌɒpəˈzɪʃən/ n - the act of opposing or the state of being opposed
- hostility, unfriendliness, or antagonism
- a person or group antagonistic or opposite in aims to another
- the opposition ⇒ a political party or group opposed to the ruling party or government
- (capital as part of a name, esp in Britain and other Commonwealth countries): Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition
- in opposition ⇒ (of a political party) opposing the government
- a position facing or opposite another
- something that acts as an obstacle to some course or progress
- the position of an outer planet or the moon when it is in line or nearly in line with the earth as seen from the sun and is approximately at its nearest to the earth
- an exact aspect of 180° between two planets, etc, an orb of 8° being allowed
- the relation between propositions having the same subject and predicate but differing in quality, quantity, or both, as with all men are wicked; no men are wicked; some men are not wicked
- square of opposition ⇒ a diagram representing these relations with the contradictory propositions at diagonally opposite corners
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