Oppositional
adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting opposition.
"And he has brought to oppositional politics the same energy and aggression that characterized his chess, attacking Mr. Putin and the Kremlin — or the regime, as he repeatedly calls it — with language rarely spoken so bluntly in Russia."
Example
More examples"And he has brought to oppositional politics the same energy and aggression that characterized his chess, attacking Mr. Putin and the Kremlin — or the regime, as he repeatedly calls it — with language rarely spoken so bluntly in Russia."
Etymology
From opposition + -al.