Opposition may refer to:
Arts and media
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''Opposition'' (Altars EP), 2011 EP by Christian metalcore band Altars
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The Opposition (band), a London post-punk band
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The Opposition with Jordan Klepper'', a late-night television series on Comedy Central
Politics
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Loyal opposition
Loyal opposition in terms of politics, refers to specific political concepts that are related to the opposition parties of a particular political system. In many Westminster-style parliamentary systems of government, the loyal opposition indicate ...
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Parliamentary opposition
Parliamentary opposition is a form of political opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster-based parliamentary system. This article uses the term ''government'' as it is used in Parliamentary systems, i.e. meaning ''t ...
, a form of political opposition
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Opposition (politics)
In politics, the opposition comprises one or more political parties or other organized groups that are opposed, primarily ideologically, to the government (or, in American English, the administration), party or group in political control of ...
, a party with views opposing those of the current government
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Leader of the Opposition
The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the opposition is typically se ...
Opposition parties
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Opposition (Australia)
In Australian parliamentary practice, the Opposition consists of the second largest party or coalition of parties in the Australian House of Representatives, with its leader being given the title " Leader of the Opposition". The Opposition serves ...
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Opposition (Queensland)
The Opposition in the Australian state of Queensland comprises the largest party or coalition of parties not in Government. The Opposition's purpose is to hold the Government to account and constitute a "Government-in-waiting" should the existing ...
, Australia
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Ministerialists and Oppositionists (Western Australia)
Ministerialists and Oppositionists (Western Australia) were political groupings that were in force in the Western Australian parliament between 1890 and 1911.
At the establishment of the WA parliament in 1890, Ministerialists were defined as t ...
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Bahraini opposition
The Bahraini opposition refers to a group of political groups who are opposed to the Cabinet of Bahrain government and the ruling monarch of the Sunni House of Khalifa. Currently, the Bahraini opposition can be divided into the officially registere ...
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Official Opposition (Canada)
Majesty's Loyal Opposition (french: L'Opposition Loyale de Sa Majesté), or simply the Official Opposition (french: L'Opposition officielle, links=no), is usually the largest parliamentary opposition party in the House of Commons, either on its ...
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Opposition (Croatia)
In Croatia, the Opposition ( hr, Oporba) comprises all political parties represented in the Croatian Parliament that are not part of the Government which is supported by the parliamentary majority.
The Leader of the Opposition ( hr, Šef oporbe) ...
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Opposition Party (Hungary)
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Official Opposition (India)
Official Opposition designates the political party which has secured the second largest number of seats in either upper or lower houses. To get formal recognition in either upper or lower houses, the concerned party must have at least 10% of ...
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Opposition Front Bench (Ireland)
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Opposition (Malaysia)
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Opposition (Montenegro)
In Montenegro, the Opposition ( srp, Opozicija / Oпoзициja) is all of the political parties represented in Parliament that are not a part of the Government supported by the parliamentary majority.
The leader of the opposition ( cg, Lider op ...
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Official Opposition (New Zealand)
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His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition (United Kingdom)
His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition, commonly known as the Official Opposition in the United Kingdom, is the main political opposition to His Majesty's Government. This is usually the political party with the second-largest number of seats i ...
United States
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Opposition Party (Northern U.S.)
The Opposition Party was a party identification under which Northern anti-slavery politicians, formerly members of the Democratic and the Whig Parties, briefly ran in the 1850s in response to the expansion of slavery into the new territories. ...
(1854–1858), a Northern anti-slavery party absorbed by the Republican Party
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Opposition Party (Southern U.S.) (1858–1860), a Southern anti-secession party just before the Civil War
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Opposition Party (Illinois)
The Opposition Party in Illinois was a political label used in 1874, when it was adopted by a coalition of all groups opposed to Republican Party rule in Chicago and Cook County. The Opposition Party opposed temperance laws and the alleged corrupt ...
(1874), a coalition opposing Republican Party rule in Chicago and Cook County
Other uses
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Binary opposition
A binary opposition (also binary system) is a pair of related terms or concepts that are opposite in meaning. Binary opposition is the system of language and/or thought by which two theoretical opposites are strictly defined and set off against one ...
, a pair of related terms that are opposite in meaning
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Opposition (boolean algebra)
In Boolean algebra, the consensus theorem or rule of consensus is the identity:
:xy \vee \barz \vee yz = xy \vee \barz
The consensus or resolvent of the terms xy and \barz is yz. It is the conjunction of all the unique literals of the terms, ...
, two terms with a shared literal, one positive, the other negative
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Opposition (chess)
In chess, opposition (or direct opposition) is a situation in which two kings are two squares apart on the same or . Since kings cannot move adjacent to each other, each king prevents the other's advance, creating a mutual blockade. In this situa ...
, the position of the kings relative to each other
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Opposition (astronomy)
In positional astronomy, two astronomical objects are said to be in opposition when they are on opposite sides of the celestial sphere, as observed from a given body (usually Earth).
A planet (or asteroid or comet) is said to be "in opposition" ...
, the position of a celestial body
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Opposition (astrology)
In astrology, an aspect is an angle that planets make to each other in the Horoscope; as well as to the Ascendant, Midheaven, Descendant, Lower Midheaven, and other points of astrological interest. As viewed from Earth, aspects are measure ...
, astrological aspect in horoscopic astrology
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Opposition proceeding
An opposition proceeding is an administrative process available under the patent and trademark law of many jurisdictions which allows third parties to formally challenge the validity of a pending patent application ("pre-grant opposition"), of a gr ...
, an administrative process available under some patent or trademark laws
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Opposition of the thumb
The thumb is the first digit of the hand, next to the index finger. When a person is standing in the medical anatomical position (where the palm is facing to the front), the thumb is the outermost digit. The Medical Latin English noun for thumb ...
, the location of the thumb opposite to the fingers so that the hand can grasp objects
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Square of opposition
In term logic (a branch of philosophical logic), the square of opposition is a diagram representing the relations between the four basic categorical propositions.
The origin of the square can be traced back to Aristotle's tractate '' On Interp ...
, a type of logic diagram
See also
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Iraqi opposition (disambiguation)
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Opposite (disambiguation)
Opposite or Opposites may refer to:
* Opposite (semantics), a word that means the reverse of a word
* Opposite (leaf), an arrangement of leaves on a stem
* Opposite (mathematics), the negative of a number; numbers that, when added, yield zero
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