Opposition
Definition of Opposition
Op`po`si´tion | n. | 1. | The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance. | | 2. | The state of being placed over against; situation so as to front something else. | | 3. | Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy. | | 4. | That which opposes; an obstacle; specifically, the aggregate of persons or things opposing; hence, in politics and parliamentary practice, the party opposed to the party in power. | | 5. | (Astron.) The situation of a heavenly body with respect to another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180°; - signified by the symbol ; as, | | 6. | (Logic) The relation between two propositions when, having the same subject and predicate, they differ in quantity, or in quality, or in both; or between two propositions which have the same matter but a different form. |
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