oppositional stance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoppositionalandstance
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oppositional
adjective
uk/ˌɒp.əˈzɪʃ.ən.əl/us/ˌɑː.pəˈzɪʃ.ən.əl/
refusing to obey instructions or to do what people want you ...
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stance
noun[C]
uk/stɑːns/us/stæns/
a way of thinking about something, especially expressed in a publicly ...
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(Definition ofoppositionalandstancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofoppositional stance
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This is another instance of social indirectness in which anoppositionalstanceactually creates connection.
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This is true whether we literally remove ourselves from our culture or remain within it, to take up a critical oroppositionalstance.
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I would suggest that such a contrast might serve to highlight theoppositionalstancetoward the antecedent action by stressing its affective intensity.
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The clumsy spatial reconfiguration of existing hotel architecture was crucial to itsoppositionalstance.
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In accepting conflict and ambiguity within a project, in lieu of an extremistoppositionalstance, a mediative potential is formed.
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For many, transnationalism constitutes anoppositionalstance.
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I am intrigued by his insisting on practising hisoppositionalstance.
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In other words, we may view code-switching as a distinct interactional resource in the sequential construction of oppositional stances.
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When we inspect the children's practices of creating and sustaining social contrast, we can see that various techniques are available to construct recognizably oppositional stances.
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Contrary to the first claim, in spite of hisoppositionalstancehe had cooperated zealously and unreservedly in those areas where he found himself in agreement with the government.
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In extended dispute sequences, oppositional stances are more elaborated - that is, they are escalated or downplayed through step-by-step coordination of turns.
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Only when this is the case may we warrantably claim that both par ties adopt distinct oppositional stances toward a cer tain issue or action.
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Along with these resources, which are presumably of a generic character, the children in the present setting also exploited the local availability of two languages to display oppositional stances.
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Although it would seem as if the two are built on the same premise of social norms, they take two very oppositional stances on a similar phenomenon.
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