active opposition

collocation in English

meaningsofactiveandopposition

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active
adjective
uk
/ˈæk.tɪv/us
/ˈæk.tɪv/
busy with a ...
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opposition
noun
uk
/ˌɒp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌɑː.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
strong ...
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(Definition ofactiveandoppositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofactive opposition

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Later also, some mothers'activeoppositionto the scheme was referred to in committee meetings.
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Berlin's approval was therefore not necessary, and there was no point in risking itsactiveopposition.
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Activeoppositionto the movements of the troops sent to safeguard the depots and other places where arms or stores were kept.
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Theactiveoppositionhas tended to grow but the main feeling is one of resignation.
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Furthermore, it looks to me as though the county council changed its mind, too—at any rate it raised no veryactiveopposition.
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The great bulk of them in those days were inactiveoppositionto that party.
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That is not standing aside or being neutral; it is very much nearer toactiveopposition.
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I want to point out that he is in immediate andactiveoppositionto the brightest light on his own side.
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The trade is inactiveoppositionto registered clubs, because it believes that these clubs are rivals, competitors with unfair advantages.
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More often the shop foreman expressesactiveopposition, and that can be proved in many cases.
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As to the other criticism that it promotes or opposes, the word "promotes"—if one looks at any dictionary—means in this context active support oractiveopposition.
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That shop would not, of course, be a market, but it would operate exactly like a market inactiveoppositionto and in competition with municipal markets.
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Neither the officers nor the politicians will necessarily think through all the answers to the questions which would be asked if there were an adequateactiveopposition.
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This form of fat activism requiresactiveoppositionto the concept of weight-loss.
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Many more intellectuals were brought intoactiveoppositionthan in the past.
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Hisactiveoppositionwas one of the reasons this convention adjourned without a vote.
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Their rejection being based solely upon their avowed or notoriouslyactiveoppositionor equally harmful apathy.
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Irreligion describes an absence of any religion; antireligion describes anactiveoppositionor aversion toward religions in general.
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In 1879, the fraternity recognized thatactiveoppositionto secret fraternities was no longer necessary.
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Although second group has always been minority, it could createactiveoppositionwithin the parliament.
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