oppositional
adjective/ˌɒpəˈzɪʃənl/
/ˌɑːpəˈzɪʃənl/
[usually before noun] (formal)- strongly disagreeing with somebody/something
- oppositional groups
- The party had tried to exclude all oppositional voices.
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- as different as possible from one another
- two quite different and somewhat oppositional stances
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