oppositionist

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.

Related terms

• oppositionism

Translations

a person who opposes; especially a member of an official opposition

• Armenian: ընդդիմադիր (hy) (ənddimadir)
• Azerbaijani: müxalifətçi
• Belarusian: апазіцыяне́р m (apazicyjanjér), апазіцыяне́рка f (apazicyjanjérka)
• Bulgarian: опозиционе́р m (opozicionér), опозиционе́рка f (opozicionérka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反對派分子／反对派分子 (fǎnduìpài fènzi), 反對派／反对派 (zh) (fǎnduìpài)

• Estonian: opositsionäär
• Finnish: vastustaja (fi)
• French: opposant (fr) m, opposante (fr) f
• Georgian: ოპოზიციონერი (oṗozicioneri)
• German: Oppositioneller (de) m, Oppositionelle (de) f
• Hungarian: ellenzéki (hu)
• Japanese: 反対者 (はんたいしゃ, hantaisha)
• Korean: 반대론자 (ko) (bandaeronja)
• Polish: opozycjonista m, opozycjonistka (pl) f
• Russian: оппозиционе́р (ru) m (oppozicionér), оппозиционе́рка (ru) f (oppozicionérka)
• Spanish: opositor (es) m, opositora f
• Ukrainian: опозиціоне́р m (opozycionér), опозиціоне́рка f (opozycionérka)
• Uzbek: oppozitsioner
• Vietnamese: người phản đối