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po·lit·i·cal op·po·si·tion

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  1. political oppositionnoun

    A recognized political party that is present in Parliament or some other legislative party and does not control the floor (usually due to being in the minority).

  2. political oppositionnoun

    An unrecognized political party in a one-party state.

  3. political oppositionnoun

    Actions by one political group against another political group, either by using governmental power or by popular actions such as protests.

  4. political oppositionnoun

    A more general case of disagreement in politics.

Wikipedia

  1. political opposition

    In politics, the opposition comprises one or more political parties or other organized groups that are opposed, primarily ideologically, to the government (or, in American English, the administration), party or group in political control of a city, region, state, country or other political body. The degree of opposition varies according to political conditions. For example, in authoritarian and democratic systems, opposition may be respectively repressed or desired.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of political opposition in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of political opposition in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of political opposition in a Sentence

  1. Trump Jr.:

    The information they suggested they had about Hillary Clinton I thought was Political Opposition Research.

  2. Nisha Biswal:

    It’s also equally important that the government provides space for peaceful political opposition to be able to exist and to create an inclusive political processes.

  3. Anthony Bouchard:

    I don't know who did this, all I know is we have several reports. We know the company that started this investigation. It's a political opposition research company. We know who they are. And then it turned into a U.K. media reporter who called me.

  4. Nisha Biswal:

    We do hope and expect there will be due process in terms of pursuing of any charges, it’s also equally important that the government provides space for peaceful political opposition to be able to exist and to create an inclusive political processes.

  5. Chuck Grassley:

    When political opposition research becomes the basis for law enforcement or intelligence efforts, it raises substantial questions about the independence of law enforcement and intelligence from politics.

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