Crossword-Solution: OPPOSITIONIST
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Oppositionist | n. | One who belongs to the opposition party. |
We have 18 clues for the answer “OPPOSITIONIST”
| Clue | Answers |
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| One on the other side | 6 answers |
| Attacker | 17 answers |
| filibuster | 23 answers |
| GANG member | 26 answers |
| Foe | 30 answers |
| Opponent | 30 answers |
| Enemy | 40 answers |
| disputant | 46 answers |
| Contes-tant | 49 answers |
| Antagonist | 56 answers |
| Hood | 57 answers |
| candidate | 58 answers |
| Die-hard | 61 answers |
| Adver-sary | 70 answers |
| Opposer | 72 answers |
| Anti | 74 answers |
| fighter | 76 answers |
| Objector | 77 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with OPPOSITIONIST (5)
However, he is a fine fellow,--a very fine fellow! and though, in his private life, guilty of so many inaccuracies, in his public capacity I really hold him to be unexceptionable." This fairness, from an oppositionist professed, brought me at once to easy terms with him.
The oppositionist laughed to his friends, and said: "The gentleman in that decorated car evidently smelled no royalty in our scow!" He scoffed at these "fizzlegigs and fireworks," to employ his phrase.
Sensible people saw that the plebiscite was only an objectionable comedy; a favourable reply would be obtained all over the country by means of pressure on the voters and falsification of votes; the oppositionist papers showed this up boldly in articles that were sheer gems of wit.
Ask the oppositionist of to-day what he proposes or expects to accomplish by his hostility to the powers that be, and he will answer to little purpose.
Two thousand persons assembled to witness the triumph of "the people's friend." An Oppositionist was nominated, but as he received only one vote during the hour and a half which elapsed after the opening of the poll, he abandoned the contest, and Mackenzie's triumph was assured.
Quotes with OPPOSITIONIST (1)
I am often described to my irritation as a 'contrarian' and even had the title inflicted on me by the publisher of one of my early books. (At least on that occasion I lived up to the title by ridiculing the word in my introduction to the book's first chapter.) It is actually a pity that our culture doesn't have a good vernacular word for an oppositionist or even for someone who tries to do his own thinking: the word 'dissident' can't be self-conferred because it is really a t…
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Appears in: WSJ.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2019).