oppositionist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of oppositionist
First recorded in 1765–75; opposition + -ist
Example Sentences
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German foreign ministry spokesperson Andrea Sasse said Kolesnikova and her fellow oppositionist Maxim Znak, who got 10 years, were campaigners for freedom, democracy and human rights and could count on the German government's solidarity.
From Reuters • Sep. 6, 2021
Kolesnikova and her fellow oppositionist Maxim Znak, who got 10 years, were tried behind closed doors on unfounded charges, a spokesperson of the EU's executive Commission said on Monday.
From Reuters • Sep. 6, 2021
“The entire tour of the oppositionist was well-concealed and even the ‘federals’ did not know about his plans,” Moskovsky Komsomolets reported.
From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2020
One cannot help supposing that in these routine interrogations it was greatly to Morgen’s advantage to portray himself as a routine bureaucratic cog, as he could scarcely have claimed to be some kind of oppositionist.
From Slate • Oct. 6, 2015
Oh, Disraeli, great oppositionist, man of the bitter brow! or, Oh, Molesworth, great reformer, thou who promisest Utopia.
From The Warden by Trollope, Anthony
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