opposition politician
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoppositionandpolitician
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opposition
noun
uk/ˌɒp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/us/ˌɑː.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
strong ...
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politician
noun[C]
uk/ˌpɒl.ɪˈtɪʃ.ən/us/ˌpɑː.ləˈtɪʃ.ən/
a member of a government or ...
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(Definition ofoppositionandpoliticianfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofopposition politician
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Opposition politicians are being systematically prosecuted and given lengthy prison sentences.
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Opposition politicians are harassed and have, in some cases, been subject to politically motivated legal proceedings and harsh sentencing.
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There might yet prove to be a need for an asylum option for some of those who are under threat, either opposition politicians or farmers.
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We also continue to have concerns about the detention of human rights defenders, journalists, opposition politicians and peaceful student protestors.
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Young people, civil society activists, media professionals and opposition politicians are being harassed and intimidated.
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It would last until 1988 before moreoppositionpoliticianwould be elected to the senate.
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As anoppositionpolitician, he also spoke against the present ceasefire arrangements at the time they were put in place.
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Several otheroppositionpoliticianjoined their hunger strike.
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To complete the argument, consider the possibility of monitoring by voters and opposition politicians.
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In spite of severe institutional restraints, ties between labour and opposition politicians and activists were first established during the era of united opposition to authoritarianism.
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Although restricted, opposition politicians contested elections and won many seats.
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In the shrinking political space, opposition politicians resort to violent means to counter their exclusion from the political process.
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If this is so, opposition politicians may want to form a coalition with a party currently in power.
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We argue that the same features of the electoral systems that encourage narrow geographic targeting also enable voters and opposition politicians to monitor corrupt rent-seeking by politicians.
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The democratic procedural norms of competition, compromise, cooperation, and tolerance have yet to be internalized among ruling and opposition politicians as the basic principles of democratic governance.
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We have based our theoretical arguments on the different monitoring constraints that stem mainly from differences in how politicians are evaluated by voters, their party bosses or opposition politicians.
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Opposition politicians go in fear of their lives.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We were indeed very pleased, and said as much, when opposition politicians went there.
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Journalists and opposition politicians were present among those arrested, and this is something that must be roundly rejected anywhere in the world.
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