What's the difference between opposition and oppositionist?

Opposition


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.
  • (n.) The state of being placed over against; situation so as to front something else.
  • (n.) Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) 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, / / /, opposition of Jupiter to the sun.
  • (n.) 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.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "Zayani reportedly cited the political sensitivity of naturalising Sunni expatriates and wanted to avoid provoking the opposition," the embassy said.
  • (2) A triphasic pattern was evident for the neck moments including a small phase which represented a seating of the headform on the nodding blocks of the uppermost ATD neck segment, and two larger phases of opposite polarity which represented the motion of the head relative to the trunk during the first 350 ms after impact.
  • (3) Eye movements which were either complementary or in opposition to the induced vestibular nystagmus were produced with an optokinetic drum.
  • (4) Enamel was exclusively present opposite well developed dentine.
  • (5) She knows you can’t force the opposition to submit to your point of view.
  • (6) Problems associated with school-based clinics include vehement opposition to sex education, financing, and the sheer magnitude of the adolescents' health needs.
  • (7) Environment groups Environment groups that have strongly backed low-carbon power have barely wavered in their opposition to nuclear in the last decade, although their arguments now are now much about the cost than the danger it might pose.
  • (8) 10 women in the study developed carcinoma in the same or opposite breast within 16-20 years, a rate of incidence 480% greater than among the general population of women of the same age.
  • (9) To understand the reason for the opposite effect of the molar ratio observed at the middle of and at four residues away from the lysine-rich sequence, actual cross-linked residue(s) was (were) determined by subjecting cross-linked product to a protein sequencer.
  • (10) Effective medical or surgical therapy increased DAO activity and decreased CDAI, while clinical recurrence had the opposite effect.
  • (11) Hfr strains B4 and B8 transfer the Escherichia coli chromosome in opposite directions, each transferring lac(+) as the last known marker.
  • (12) Others said it might appeal to Russia, Assad's chief ally, which backs talks between the regime and the opposition.
  • (13) The ruling centre-right coalition government of Angela Merkel was dealt a blow by voters in a critical regional election on Sunday after the centre-left opposition secured a wafer-thin victory, setting the scene for a tension-filled national election in the autumn when everything will be up for grabs.
  • (14) Application of a mirror at the serosal surface opposite to the probe, resulted in an average increase of the output signal by 50% using the large fibre diameter probe, whereas no increase was observed with the small fibre probe.
  • (15) Her speech suggested the kind of Republican who would truly "raise the conversation", and if it seems like settling to want an opposition party to simply not be so utterly vindictive, well, yes, I will settle for that.
  • (16) 2) Left-right PHR coherence spectra had no distinct peaks, indicating that correlations between opposite PHR discharges were now not frequency specific.
  • (17) What we see from those opposite and we see in this chamber every day is the 'born to rule mentality' of those opposite.
  • (18) Of those, 39 were civilians, 34 armed opposition fighters and 35 members of the state security forces, said the UK-based group.
  • (19) Opposition politicians such as Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam and Chee Soon Juan , brought low for daring to disagree.
  • (20) A property may be considered overcrowded if two children above 10 of the opposite sex have to share the same bedroom.

Oppositionist


Definition:

  • (n.) One who belongs to the opposition party.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) She and the other organisers – including the hugely popular anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny and the veteran oppositionist Boris Nemtsov – are now exposed to the full hostile glare of the state.
  • (2) That was the judgment of the highly respected anti-Taliban leader Abdul Haq, one of the many oppositionists who condemned the American bombing campaign launched in October 2001 as “a big setback” for their efforts to overthrow the Taliban from within, a goal they considered within their reach.
  • (3) The tycoon describes himself as a "loyal oppositionist".
  • (4) Not for the first time with the Tea Party, there is no plan B. Oppositionist by instinct and obstructionist by intent, their aim, from the debt ceiling to the budget , has always been to block and bluster.
  • (5) The tycoon already co-owns Novaya Gazeta, the small, vigorous oppositionist Moscow newspaper whose special correspondent Anna Politkovskaya was brutally gunned down outside her Moscow flat in 2006.
  • (6) He worked with other leading oppositionists, including Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion, to form a movement against corruption and lawlessness.
  • (7) Photograph: James Harkin for the Guardian We drop in on Amjad, a wiry fellow oppositionist who now considers both sides as bad as each other.
  • (8) This isn't something unique to Russia , but it's an element of the justice process that gets a lot of play in the press - especially if it's prominent oppositionists on trial.
  • (9) We pass through a checkpoint run by pro-regime paramilitaries, known by the oppositionists as shabiha, or ghosts.
  • (10) The Russian courts today represent a Soviet anachronism – and are mistrusted by most people, not just oppositionists.
  • (11) Last month, lifenews.ru , a muck-raking website with ties to the security services, released a series of wiretaps of phone conversations of made by Boris Nemtsov, the veteran oppositionist who has spoken at recent protests.
  • (12) Hama, long associated with anti-regime activity, is now very quiet, he says; there are so many soldiers there that oppositionists have learned to keep their mouths shut.
  • (13) The billionaire – who co-owns the critical Russian liberal newspaper Novaya Gazeta – describes himself as a "loyal oppositionist".

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