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oppositional

adj

Etymology

From opposition + -al.

  1. derived from oppōnō — “to set against”
  2. derived from oppositiō
  3. derived from oposicion
  4. inherited from opposicioun
  5. suffixed as oppositional — “opposition + al”

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting opposition.

    • And he has brought to oppositional politics the same energy and aggression that characterized his chess, attacking Mr. Putin and the Kremlin — or the regime, as he repeatedly calls it — with language rarely spoken so bluntly in Russia.

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