ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Oppositional

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Oppositional is an adjective meaning Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting opposition.

Meaning

Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting opposition.

Example Sentences

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.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include opposed, opposing, antithetical, foelike, adversarial, obstructionistic.

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