Category:Opposition

Op`po*si"tion, n. Etym: [f., fr. L. oppositio. See opposite.]

1. The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; Resistance. The counterpoise of so great an opposition. Shak. Virtue which breaks through all opposition. Milton.

2. The state of being placed over against; situation so as to front Something else. Milton.

3. Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; Antipathy. Shak.

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.)

Defn: 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 180º; -- signified by the symbol as,.

6. (logic)

Defn: 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.