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Definition of oppositional adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

oppositional

adjective
 
/ˌɒpəˈzɪʃənl/
 
/ˌɑːpəˈzɪʃənl/
[usually before noun] (formal)
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  1. strongly disagreeing with somebody/something
    • oppositional groups
    • The party had tried to exclude all oppositional voices.
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2
  2. as different as possible from one another
    • two quite different and somewhat oppositional stances
See oppositional in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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