oppositionist
[ op-uh-zish-uh-nist ]
/ ˌɒp əˈzɪʃ ə nɪst /
noun
a person who offers opposition; a member of an opposition.
RELATED WORDS
adversary, antagonist, aspirant, assailant, bandit, candidate, challenger, competitor, con, contestant, enemy, entrant, foe, match, opposer, opposition, player, resister, rival, anti
Nearby words
opposite number, one's, opposite prompt, opposite sex, opposition, oppositional disorder, oppositionist, oppress, oppression, oppressive, opprobrious, opprobrium
Origin of oppositionist
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for oppositionist
If you were a respectable man and a Pietist and not a confounded seek-sorrow of an Oppositionist you would not think so.
The White Terror and The Red|Abraham Cahan