Meanings
adjectiveoppositional (comparative more oppositional, superlative most oppositional)
comparative more oppositional · superlative most oppositional
- Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting opposition.
And he has brought to oppositional politics the same energy and aggression that characterized his chess, attacking Mr. Putin and the Kremlin — or the regime, as he repeatedly calls it — with language rarely spoken so bluntly in Russia.
2007 March 10, Steven Lee Myers, “Kasparov, Building Opposition to Putin”, in New York Times
Origin
- Englishopposition
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishoppositional
From opposition + -al.
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oppositional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oppositional
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