oppositional

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English opposition
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālislbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English oppositional

    From opposition + -al.

    Adjective

    oppositional (comparative more oppositional, superlative most oppositional)

    1. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting opposition.
      • 2007 March 10, Steven Lee Myers, “Kasparov, Building Opposition to Putin”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 September 2025:
        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.

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