Background and Opposition

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Background noun - The physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed.

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Opposition and background are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Opposition" instead a noun "Background".

Opposition noun - The inclination to resist.

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Background and opposition are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Background" instead a noun "Opposition".

Nearby Words: oppose, opposed, opposite, opposing, oppositely

proper	proper background	proper opposition
poor	poor background	poor opposition
strong	strong background	strong opposition
actual	actual background	actual opposition
Other adjectives: entire, real, little, main, social, religious, general, possible, shared, military, random, catholic, cultural.

As a general rule, they're put in opposition in fiction as Providence has a strong Italian-American background, so obviously it's a hotbed for The Mafia.

Source: Southies
La Touche who sports glasses has a greater visual resemblance than the game's version of Robespierre, his background as a simple, honest clerk driven to extremism by his opposition to corruption mirrors Robespierre's political trajectory.

Source: Video Game / Assassin's Creed: Unity
In the Loop features a scene during which Jamie McDonald angrily trashes a fax machine from which a document containing classified intelligence was printed and leaked to the opposition, while opera music plays from a computer in the background.

Source: Soundtrack Dissonance / Film

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