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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Political force against the political force in charge of the government}}<br />
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[[Image:Stand in opposition city hall boston.jpg|thumb|right|220px|''Stand in Opposition'' (imprints in front of [[Old City Hall (Boston)|Old City Hall]], [[Boston]])]]<br />
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In [[politics]], the '''opposition''' comprises one or more [[political party|political parties]] or other organized groups that are opposed, primarily [[ideology|ideologically]], to the [[government]] (or, in [[American English]], the [[Administration (government)#United States|administration]]), party or group in [[political power|political control]] of a [[city]], [[region]], [[state (polity)|state]], [[country]] or other political body. The degree of opposition varies according to political conditions. For example, in [[authoritarianism|authoritarian]] and [[democracy|democratic]] systems, opposition may be respectively repressed or desired.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Blondel|first=J|year=1997|url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119945400/abstract|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105130352/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119945400/abstract|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-05|title=Political opposition in the contemporary world|journal=Government and Opposition|volume=32|issue=4|pages=462–486|doi=10.1111/j.1477-7053.1997.tb00441.x}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Her Majesty's loyal opposition (disambiguation)]]<br />
* [[Leader of the Opposition]]<br />
* [[Parliamentary opposition]]<br />
* [[Political dissent]]<br />
* [[The Establishment]]<br />
* [[Ruling party]]<br />
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