oppositional
Example Sentences
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"Her experience of street-level oppositional politics from the Communist era could, however, see a return."
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
He also presents Christina Crawford as a bitter, oppositional personality from early on, and he quotes other family members who insist they saw none of the abuse alleged in “Mommie Dearest.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Despite all that power, Frey’s turn toward being an oppositional figure stuck.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2025
Though the film does not provide easy answers, it does point in the direction of what could be done to make relations between police and citizens less oppositional.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024
It brought together the old revolutionary rhetoric, even deploying some familiar Jeffersonian language, with all the oppositional energy of the Whig tradition, then hurled it at assumption as the new incarnation of foreign domination.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
