- resistance, opposition - the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead"
--1 is a kind of action
--1 has particulars: lockout; reaction; anti-takeover defenseDerived form: verb oppose1 - opposition, oppositeness - the relation between opposed entities
--2 is a kind of relation
--2 has particulars: - confrontation, opposition - the act of opposing groups confronting each other; "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition"
--3 is a kind of resistance
--3 has particulars: strikebreakingDerived form: verb oppose2 - opposition, opponent, opposite - a contestant that you are matched against
--4 is a kind of contestant
- opposition - a body of people united in opposing something
--5 is a kind of body
--5 has particulars: Iraqi National Congress, INC- opposition - a direction opposite to another
--6 is a kind of direction
--6 has particulars:orthogonality, perpendicularity, orthogonal opposition; antipodal, antipodal opposition, diametrical opposition; enantiomorphism, mirror-image relation - enemy, foe, foeman, opposition - an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"
--7 is a kind of adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister
--7 is a member of enemy
--7 has particulars: besieger- opposition - a political party opposed to the party in power and prepared to replace it if elected; "Her Majesty's loyal opposition"
--8 is a kind of party, political party
- opposition - a direction opposite to another