| opposition | | |
| n. (act) | 1. opposition, resistance | the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with.; "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead" |
| ~ action | something done (usually as opposed to something said).; "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" |
| ~ lockout | a management action resisting employee's demands; employees are barred from entering the workplace until they agree to terms. |
| ~ reaction | doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like.; "his style of painting was a reaction against cubism" |
| ~ anti-takeover defense | resistance to or defense against a hostile takeover. |
| n. (linkdef) | 2. oppositeness, opposition | the relation between opposed entities. |
| ~ relation | an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together. |
| ~ antipode | direct opposite.; "quiet: an antipode to focused busyness" |
| ~ antithesis | exact opposite.; "his theory is the antithesis of mine" |
| ~ conflict | opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot).; "this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing" |
| ~ contrast, direct contrast | the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared.; "in contrast to"; "by contrast" |
| ~ flip side | a different aspect of something (especially the opposite aspect).; "the flip side of your positive qualities sometimes get out of control"; "on the flip side of partnerships he talked about their competition" |
| ~ mutual opposition, polarity | a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies.; "he viewed it as a balanced polarity between good and evil" |
| ~ gradable opposition | an opposition that is capable of being graded. |
| ~ polarity, sign | having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges).; "he got the polarity of the battery reversed"; "charges of opposite sign" |
| ~ ungradable opposition | an opposition that has no intermediate grade; either one or the other. |
| ~ contradictoriness | the relation that exists when opposites cannot coexist. |
| ~ contradiction | opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas. |
| ~ contrary | exact opposition.; "public opinion to the contrary he is not guilty" |
| ~ contrariety | the relation between contraries. |
| ~ tertium quid | some third thing similar to two opposites but distinct from both. |
| ~ contrary, reverse, opposite | a relation of direct opposition.; "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true" |
| ~ inverse, opposite | something inverted in sequence or character or effect.; "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse" |
| ~ antagonism | the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors.; "the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism" |
| n. (act) | 3. confrontation, opposition | the act of hostile groups opposing each other.; "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition" |
| ~ strikebreaking | confrontational activities intended to break up a strike by workers. |
| ~ resistance | group action in opposition to those in power. |
| n. (person) | 4. opponent, opposite, opposition | a contestant that you are matched against. |
| ~ contestant | a person who participates in competitions. |
| n. (group) | 5. opposition | a body of people united in opposing something. |
| ~ body | a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity.; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body" |
| ~ inc, iraqi national congress | a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government. |
| n. (linkdef) | 6. opposition | a direction opposite to another. |
| ~ direction | the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves.; "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind" |
| ~ orthogonal opposition, orthogonality, perpendicularity | the relation of opposition between things at right angles. |
| ~ antipodal, antipodal opposition, diametrical opposition | the relation of opposition along a diameter. |
| ~ enantiomorphism, mirror-image relation | the relation of opposition between crystals or molecules that are reflections of one another. |
| n. (person) | 7. enemy, foe, foeman, opposition | an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force).; "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies" |
| ~ enemy | an opposing military force.; "the enemy attacked at dawn" |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ adversary, antagonist, opposer, opponent, resister | someone who offers opposition. |
| ~ besieger | an enemy who lays siege to your position. |
| n. (group) | 8. opposition | the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected.; "Her Majesty's loyal opposition" |
| ~ party, political party | an organization to gain political power.; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level" |
| resistance | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. resistance | any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion. |
| ~ rubbing, friction | the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another. |
| ~ mechanical phenomenon | a physical phenomenon associated with the equilibrium or motion of objects. |
| ~ acoustic impedance, acoustic reactance, acoustic resistance | opposition to the flow of sound through a surface; acoustic resistance is the real component of acoustic impedance and acoustic reactance is the imaginary component. |
| ~ drag, retarding force | the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid. |
| n. (phenomenon) | 2. electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, ohmic resistance, resistance, resistivity | a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms. |
| ~ electrical phenomenon | a physical phenomenon involving electricity. |
| ~ ohmage | the ohmic resistance of a conductor. |
| n. (act) | 3. resistance | the military action of resisting the enemy's advance.; "the enemy offered little resistance" |
| ~ military action, action | a military engagement.; "he saw action in Korea" |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| n. (state) | 4. immunity, resistance | (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease. |
| ~ medical specialty, medicine | the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques. |
| ~ condition, status | a state at a particular time.; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" |
| ~ immunogenicity | the property of eliciting an immune response. |
| ~ acquired immunity | immunity to a particular disease that is not innate but has been acquired during life; immunity can be acquired by the development of antibodies after an attack of an infectious disease or by a pregnant mother passing antibodies through the placenta to a fetus or by vaccination. |
| ~ innate immunity, natural immunity | immunity to disease that occurs as part of an individual's natural biologic makeup. |
| n. (state) | 5. resistance | the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents.; "these trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog" |
| ~ capability, capacity | the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment.; "the capability of a metal to be fused" |
| n. (group) | 6. resistance, underground | a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force. |
| ~ revolutionary group | a political unit organized to promote revolution. |
| ~ maquis | the French underground that fought against the German occupation in World War II. |
| n. (attribute) | 7. resistance | the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria). |
| ~ bacteria, bacterium | (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants. |
| ~ deadness, unresponsiveness | the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events.; "she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident"; "in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away" |
| n. (attribute) | 8. resistance | (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness. |
| ~ involuntariness, unwillingness | the trait of being unwilling.; "his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made"; "in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton" |
| ~ psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology | the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. |
| n. (artifact) | 9. resistance, resistor | an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current. |
| ~ ballast resistor, barretter, ballast | a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations). |
| ~ circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit | an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow. |
| ~ electrical device | a device that produces or is powered by electricity. |
| ~ potential divider, voltage divider | resistors connected in series across a voltage source; used to obtain a desired fraction of the voltage. |
| ~ rheostat, variable resistor | resistor for regulating current. |
| n. (act) | 10. resistance | group action in opposition to those in power. |
| ~ group action | action taken by a group of people. |
| ~ opposition, confrontation | the act of hostile groups opposing each other.; "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition" |
| ~ sales resistance | resistance by potential customers to aggressive selling practices. |
| ~ defiance | a defiant act. |
| ~ contravention, dispute | coming into conflict with. |
| ~ obstructionism | deliberate interference. |
| ~ protest, dissent, objection | the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent. |
| ~ rebellion | refusal to accept some authority or code or convention.; "each generation must have its own rebellion"; "his body was in rebellion against fatigue" |
| ~ insubordination, rebelliousness | an insubordinate act. |
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