Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of an opposition.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the opposition; one who belongs to the party opposing the existing administration or the party in power.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who belongs to the opposition party.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
opposes ; especially a member of an officialopposition
Etymologies
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Examples
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The oppositionist is a student of Biblical Theological College and has a right for determent.
Хартия'97 :: Новости из Беларуси - Белорусские новости - Республика Беларусь - Минск 2009
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But nimble-footed, brinkman-ship expert Manny got his wife Cynthia, now congresswoman after him of the family fiefdom, to play "oppositionist" and vote against Gloria.
ellen tordesillas 2008
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He describes himself, perhaps fancifully, as a loyal oppositionist.
Alexander Lebedev's office raided by masked police Luke Harding 2010
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The only problem now is that I tend to be an oppositionist with nothing to quibble at here, but reading comments is entertaining anyway.
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"Ed is doing OK, but he still needs more policy differentiation without being stupidly oppositionist," says an ex-cabinet minister who detects too many Brownites-for-Miliband retreads in the leader's entourage.
Political briefing: Solid start for Ed Miliband, but he has a long way to go Michael White 2010
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"For the first time in history, the Iranians are jealous of the Arabs," said a young oppositionist, who was active in the 2009 protests and has become exiled in the West, referring to the centuries-old arrogance the Persians have maintained over the Arabs.
Geneive Abdo: Iran's Greens Seek to Follow Egypt's Lead, But Can They? Geneive Abdo 2011
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Two of Obama's Democratic predecessors, Harry S. Truman and Bill Clinton, grappled with the question of whether to seek confrontation or compromise with an oppositionist Congress - and took different approaches.
Obama may be on his own if he wants big changes Scott Wilson 2010
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The murder of her husband oppositionist former Sen. Benigno S. Aquino Jr. widowed her in 1983.
Global Voices in English » Philippines: People mourn death of Corazon Aquino 2009
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Bucking his party's sullenly oppositionist temper, Corker has worked constructively with Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) to offer sensible improvements to the Dodd bill.
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Bucking his party's sullenly oppositionist temper, Corker has worked constructively with Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) to offer sensible improvements to the Dodd bill.
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