oppositionist

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English

Etymology

From opposition +‎ -ist.

Noun

oppositionist (plural oppositionists)

  1. A person who opposes; especially a member of an official opposition
    • 1944, Morris Allison Bealle, Washington Squirrel Cage, page 9:
      They felt that the fellow was a quockerwodger rather than a politician, an againster rather than a true American, an oppositionist in fundamental things rather than a sincere patriot.
    • 2015, Rosemary Sullivan, Stalin's Daughter, →ISBN, page 137:
      I see your marriage as a move to establish links with the oppositionist Russian intelligentsia.

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