oppositional en · ADJ
Etymology
From opposition + -al.
Meanings
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more oppositional | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most oppositional | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nonoppositional · oppositionalism · oppositionally · oppositionality · counteroppositional · oppositional defiant disorder