opposuren.
/əˈpəʊʒə/, U.S. /əˈpoʊʒər/ Now rare.
The action of opposing; = opposition n.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun]
contrariositya1340
adversitya1382
champertyc1386
contrariousness1398
thwartingc1430
contrariancec1450
contrariness?1530
withsitting1532
oppugning1535
opposition1548
oppugnation1563
thwartness1577
adverseness1580
crossing1580
breasting1594
antipathy1601
oppugnancy1609
affrontment1611
opposure1611
thortera1614
contrariancya1617
obstancy1616
oppositeness1619
contropposition1621
obstrigillation1623
opposing1624
hostility1632
opposal1638
crossness1641
affront1642
aversion1651
oppugnance1657
shock1664
opponency1727
counteraction1750
antagonism1797
throwing1816
oppositiveness1824
kick1839
variance1842
opposedness1853
againstness1909
hornet1921
adversariness1970
oppositionality1989
1611 T. Heywood Golden Age iii. sig. G Wee'l stand their fierce opposure.
?1614 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses xi. 163 Neptune still will his opposure trie.
a1684 R. Leighton Serm. in Wks. (1868) 358 In the heat of dispute and opposure to the unjust imputations of his friends.
1922 C. Morley Where Blues Begins xvi. 201 Every equilibrium was an opposure of forces.
1995 H. S. Mann in G. Ranjan & R. Mohanram Postcolonial Disc. & Changing Cultural Contexts v. 79 Western hegemony..must be displaced through productive confrontation, not sterile opposure and antinomy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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