Definition of "oppositionist" []

• A member of an opposition. (noun)

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• "The oppositionist is a student of Biblical Theological College and has a right for determent."
• "But nimble-footed, brinkman-ship expert Manny got his wife Cynthia, now congresswoman after him of the family fiefdom, to play "oppositionist" and vote against Gloria."
• "Two of Obama's Democratic predecessors, Harry S. Truman and Bill Clinton, grappled with the question of whether to seek confrontation or compromise with an oppositionist Congress - and took different approaches."