Opposition

Opposition ( v. spätlat. Oppositional " the opposite " ) denotes

• Opposition ( politics), a party or group that brings to resistance and rejection of the ruling policy
• Opposition ( astronomy), a constellation in which two celestial bodies are located in the sky at an angular distance of 180 degrees
• Opposition (linguistics), the contrast between linguistic units used in the same way
• Oppositional, the rhetorical figure of the opposition
• Opposition (anatomy), the opposite position of the thumb to the other fingers or the first toe to the other toes
• Opposition ( chess), a position in which both kings face at a certain distance
• Opposition ( logic), the ( conflicting, contradictory, subkonträren ) contrast between two statements (see categorical judgment )
• The Opposition (music group), an English band that was founded in 1979 by Marcus Bell, Ralph Hall and Mark Long in London

See also:

• People's opposition

• Opposition effect, optical phenomenon in the form of an apparent brightening of surfaces on the counter- point of a light source

• Disambiguation