Opposition

Opposition may refer to:

Arts and media

• Opposition (Altars EP), 2011 EP by Christian metalcore band Altars
• The Opposition (band), a London post-punk band
• The Opposition with Jordan Klepper, a late-night television series on Comedy Central

Politics

• Opposition (politics), a party with views opposing those of the current government
• Loyal opposition
• Parliamentary opposition, a form of political opposition
• Leader of the Opposition

Opposition parties

• Opposition (Australia)
• Opposition (Queensland), Australia
• Ministerialists and Oppositionists (Western Australia)
• Bahraini opposition
• Official Opposition (Canada)
• Opposition (Croatia)
• Opposition Party (Hungary)
• Opposition Front Bench (Ireland)
• Opposition (Malaysia)
• Opposition (Montenegro)
• Official Opposition (New Zealand)
• His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition (United Kingdom)

United States

• Opposition Party (Northern U.S.) (1854–1858), a Northern anti-slavery party absorbed by the Republican Party
• Opposition Party (Southern U.S.) (1858–1860), a Southern anti-secession party just before the Civil War
• Opposition Party (Illinois) (1874), a coalition opposing Republican Party rule in Chicago and Cook County

Other uses

• Binary opposition, a pair of related terms that are opposite in meaning
• Opposition (boolean algebra), two terms with a shared literal, one positive, the other negative
• Opposition (chess), the position of the kings relative to each other
• Opposition (astronomy), the position of a celestial body
• Opposition (astrology), astrological aspect in horoscopic astrology
• Opposition proceeding, an administrative process available under some patent or trademark laws
• Opposition of the thumb, the location of the thumb opposite to the fingers so that the hand can grasp objects
• Square of opposition, a type of logic diagram

See also

• Apposition (disambiguation)
• Iraqi opposition (disambiguation)
• Opposite (disambiguation)
• The Opponent (disambiguation)