oppositional

From its inception, the facility faced widespread public opposition, including mass protests, forest defense occupations, and hundreds of hours of oppositional public comment.

Democrats, likely feeling empowered by their recent electoral victories in Wisconsin, are seizing upon this for oppositional messaging.

While most of the Democratic caucus voted uniformly against Trump's agenda, many members refrained from publicly urging their more accommodating colleagues to take a more oppositional stance.

He and nearly two dozen other Democratic lawmakers were denied entry to the building, sparking uproar online — a moment of potentially galvanizing oppositional theater.

“Helen was just so weird and incorporated so many strange, oppositional things at the same time,” says Knightley, who also liked the idea of working close to home.