oppositionist
noun
op·po·si·tion·ist
ˌä-pə-ˈzi-sh(ə-)nist 
: a member of an opposition
oppositionist
adjective
Examples of oppositionist in a Sentence
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Characteristically, Navalny tried to buck up his fellow oppositionists.
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The Editors, National Review, 16 Feb. 2024
However, several prisoners from his ward have previously been treated for tuberculosis, the oppositionist said.
—Fox News, 7 Apr. 2021
Trump canceled Obama’s Title 50 program that armed Syrian oppositionists in July 2017.
—Charles Glass, Harper's magazine, 10 Feb. 2019
The Editors, National Review, 16 Feb. 2024
However, several prisoners from his ward have previously been treated for tuberculosis, the oppositionist said.
—Fox News, 7 Apr. 2021
Trump canceled Obama’s Title 50 program that armed Syrian oppositionists in July 2017.
—Charles Glass, Harper's magazine, 10 Feb. 2019
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First Known Use
1773, in the meaning defined above
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