Oppositional in a sentence

And so that culture that’s been created, that is oppositional to its core, as opposed to constructive at its core — there are real cultural and political effects from that are profoundly negative.

In short order, an oppositional movement arose on the right focused on attacking Obama and the Democrats.

Lam and Ng have oppositional energy that plays entertainingly when they’re working together: Lam the cool, collected professional and Ng the manic poseur hoping to muddle through.

Taking paint off Labor isn’t the sole preserve of the Liberal and National parties, the Greens in this sitting period are proving every bit as oppositional.

The documentary could’ve easily left these critics out or positioned them in a purely oppositional fashion, but it gives them ample time to explain their misgivings with the music.

Galvéz’s film seeks to contribute to an oppositional cultural movement and an alternative telling of colonial history.

One of those likely ’28-ers, California governor Gavin Newsom, has already taken steps to bolster his oppositional credentials; he called a special session of his legislature to the Golden State.

She claimed that Olivier has been ‘oppositional, unmoving and withheld his consent for years’.

She was well-known even before the war as her oppositional journalism found her under threat of imprisonment by the old hardline regime of Viktor Yanukovych, deposed in the 2014 Maidan Revolution.

But where it presaged the rest of the conservative media landscape was in creating what Gilpin calls a “counter-public, an oppositional public to mainstream media,” Gilpin said.

IFB churches tend to take oppositional stances toward government authority, particularly when it intrudes on church business, Gerencser says.

Having been used to shut down dissent and go after those who are perceived to be oppositional to the ruling party through means that fall outside of the law, it is not difficult to understand why Chhatra League members now see themselves as above the law.

Professor Dadds runs the Child Behaviour Research Clinic at Sydney University, which treats children aged between two and eight with oppositional behaviour, anger, aggression and conduct problems.

There are even ways to get the most oppositional of teenagers to heed the call of the book without resorting to bribery.

Those that are deemed oppositional to a rigid vision of the College’s values are expunged from the institution.

Banquo's ability to live on in different ways is another oppositional force, in this case to Macbeth's impending death.

Basquiat responded to the abstract, stylized logos with his oppositional graffiti style.

Because oppositional sexism is tied to heteronormativity in this way, non-heterosexuals are seen as breaking gender norms.

Children in the experimental group showed increased hyperactive and oppositional behavior.

Coming from a black feminist perspective, American scholar bell hooks put forth the notion of the “oppositional gaze,” encouraging black women not to accept stereotypical representations in film, but rather actively critique them.