opposed — OET

opposed

adjective

1 a large proportion of the population is opposed to the construction of nuclear power plants:

against, (dead) set against;

in opposition, averse, hostile, antagonistic, inimical, antipathetic, unsympathetic, resistant;

informal anti.

▷antonyms in favour of, favourably disposed to.

2 their interests were opposed:

conflicting, contrasting, incompatible, irreconcilable, antithetical, contradictory, clashing, contrary, different, differing, at variance, at odds, divergent, dissimilar, disagreeing, opposing, opposite, poles apart, polar;

rare oppugnant.

□ as opposed to

the concrete as opposed to the abstract:

in contrast with, as against, as contrasted with, as an alternative to, rather than, instead of.

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