oppositional
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- adjective
- /ˌɑːpəˈzɪʃənl/
- If you took an oppositional view you were almost un-American.
- oppositional behaviors
- oppositional disorder
- oppositional culture
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Watch on YouTubeLike there's this oppositional mindset that comes from really Newtonian physics.
- Like there's this oppositional mindset that comes from really Newtonian physics.
- Antagonistic people are oppositional, so rules don't work for them and they cannot play fair.
- I know you guys have talked before because you spent you actually in Venice did a long, a long conversation, which was somewhat oppositional.
- I'm like I think you're kiddo might have oppositional defiant disorder.
- In fact, that that was oppositional to how I was taught inside meaning.
- The So we now have these two things, orthogonal or often oppositional spirituality and rationality.
- And so to me seeing this teenage oppositional defiance disorder from adults, it does my fucking head in.
Examples
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"It's also easy to be oppositional, just for the sake of being contrary."
Fiction book (1996) -
Two genres—alternative and hip hop—seemed to emerge as oppositional modes, almost always raced as white against black.
Academic text (2017) -
High art must be seen as an oppositional retreat from mass culture.
Academic text (1993) -
So this is a direct oppositional approach to perhaps the YouTube build TV show approach, which is this is audio only.
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Antagonistic people are oppositional, so rules don't work for them and they cannot play fair.
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In tandem with texts, images may shed silence while remaining wild and oppositional.
Academic text (2008) -
Consequently, minority students develop oppositional practices that lead to the loss of peer affiliation and institutional support.
Academic text (2011) -
Throughout Washington, D.C., Vidal supplements the oppositional politics of the counterculture with a historical consciousness it otherwise lacks.
Academic text (1992) -
The immigrant collectivity was an arena in which a variety of ideologies, hegemonic and oppositional, contended for supremacy.
Academic text (1992) -
In discussions about politics, he often takes an oppositional stance that challenges the prevailing views.
Synonyms
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Against something or someone in opinion and action
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Showing strong dislike or opposition
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4.5
Opposed to something, often going against the facts
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3.4
Being against another person or group
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Refusing to follow rules or orders in a bold, open way
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Refusing to accept change or obey people in charge
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A situation where people or groups strongly oppose each other
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Showing disagreement with a decision or opinion of most people
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Acting in a hostile way toward someone or something
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Taking part in resistance against the government or authority
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Directly opposed in beliefs or purpose
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Likely to oppose rules or orders
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Directly opposite in idea or purpose
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Not accepting strict control by people in charge
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Disagreeing with the majority or with official opinion
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Often refuses to do what others ask
Likely to disagree with most people and start arguments
Often disagreeing with others on purpose to be difficult
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
oppositional = opposition (transparent) = oppos + ition + al
The adjective is transparently formed from 'opposition' with the standard adjectival suffix '-al', so the meaning is readily recoverable.
Etymology
The word oppositional comes from opposite, which originally meant 'placed against' and is related to position, a word about 'place'. So to be oppositional is to stand or act 'against' someone or something — to resist or disagree.