the opposition, political opposition; opposition party · a group opposed (to something or someone) · opposition (the position of a planet in relation to the sun in positional astronomy)
opposition (action of opposing; being in conflict) · opposition (apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth) · opposition (party or movement opposed to government)
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Late Latin ob Late Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-der. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-der. Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Old Latin *poznō Late Latin pōnō Late Latin…
From Middle Dutch opposicie, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French oposicion, from Late Latin oppositio, translating Ancient Greek ἀντίθεσις (antíthesis), from the past participle stem of classical Latin oppōnere (“to set against”).