different between opposition vs aggression

English

Etymology

From Middle English opposicioun, from Old French oposicion (whence French opposition), from Late Latin oppositi?, translating Ancient Greek ????????? (antíthesis), from the past participle stem of classical Latin opp?n? (“I set against”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??z???n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p??z??n?/

Noun

opposition (plural oppositions)

1. The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
2. An opposite or contrasting position.
3. (astronomy) The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth.
5. (politics) A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power.
6. (law) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent.
7. (chess) A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance with his own king.
8. (logic) The difference of quantity or quality between two propositions having the same subject and predicate.

Antonyms

• apposition

Translations

Further reading

• opposition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Noun

opposition

1. Genitive singular form of oppositio.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from post-classical Latin oppositi? (translating Ancient Greek ????????? (antíthesis)), from the past participle stem of classical Latin opp?n? (“I set against”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.po.zi.sj??/

Noun

opposition f (plural oppositions)

1. opposition

Derived terms

• par opposition à

Further reading

• “opposition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle French aggression, from Latin aggressio, from aggressus, past participle of aggredior (“to approach, address, attack”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???????n/

Noun

aggression (countable and uncountable, plural aggressions)

1. The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
2. The practice or habit of launching attacks.
3. Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.

Antonyms

• nonaggression

Derived terms

• war of aggression
• microaggression

Related terms

• aggress
• aggressive
• aggressiveness
• aggressor

Translations

Further reading

• aggression on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• aggression in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• aggression in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Danish

Noun

aggression c (singular definite aggressionen, plural indefinite aggressioner)

1. aggression

Declension

Further reading

• “aggression” in Den Danske Ordbog

Finnish

Noun

aggression

1. genitive singular of aggressio