OPPOSITION

Opposition

The Opposition in Malaysia is the group of political parties represented in the Parliament of Malaysia that are not in government either on their own or as part of a governing coalition. Note that this article uses the term government as it is used in parliamentary systems, i.e. meaning the administration or the cabinet, rather than the state.

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opposition

Noun

  1. The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
  2. An opposite or contrasting position.
  3. An opponent in some form of competition.
  4. The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth.
  5. A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power.
  6. In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent.
  7. A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance with his own king.


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