Definition of Oppositional

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting opposition ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Oppositional

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oppositional

opposite numbers
opposite side
opposite sides
opposite word
oppositely
oppositeness
oppositenesses
opposites
opposites attract
oppositifolious
opposition
opposition parry
opposition research
oppositional
oppositional disorder
oppositionist
oppositionists
oppositions
oppositipetalous
oppositisepalous
oppositive
oppositive case
opposum
opposure
oppress
oppressed
oppresses
oppressest

Literary usage of Oppositional

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Opposition and Dissent in Contemporary China by Peter R. Moody (1977)
"Oppositional Interests 5 This chapter examines some possible sources of opposition to and within the regime in China, opposition that may vary in intensity ..."

2. History of the Christian Philosophy of Religion from the Reformation to Kant by Bernhard Pünjer (1887)
"THE Oppositional MOVEMENTS WITHIN PROTESTANTISM. DURING the age of the Reformation there arose certain views and tendencies, represented by men who were ..."

3. The Second Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment: Proceedings by Yusuf Pisan, SIGART. (2005)
"The "oppositional play" approach emerges directly from this and is discussed along with several examples showing how placing values on the semiotic square ..."

4. Russia, what She was and what She is: An Excursion Into a Land of Seething by Jaakoff Prelooker (1904)
"THE Oppositional AND REVOLUTIONARY ELEMENTS. Since the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese war the questions have occupied the minds of all thinking people: What ..."

5. Technologies for Understanding and Preventing Substance Abuse and Addiction by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Development of an Oppositional Culture While oppressive social conditions, limited economic opportunities, and racism are identified by ethnographers as ..."

6. The Great Harmonia: Being a Philosophical Revelation of the Natural by Andrew Jackson Davis (1890)
"An Oppositional class—a Theoretical class—and a Practical class. 1st. What is meant by the Oppositional class of reformers ? By the Oppositional class, ..."

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