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1oppose — transitive verb (opposed; opposing) Etymology: French opposer, from Latin opponere (perfect indicative opposui), from ob against + ponere to place more at ob , position Date: 1579 1. to place over against something so as to provide resistance,… …
2oppose — v.tr. (often absol.) 1 set oneself against; resist, argue against. 2 be hostile to. 3 take part in a game, sport, etc., against (another competitor or team). 4 (foll. by to) place in opposition or contrast. Phrases and idioms: as opposed to in… …
3set oneself against — index conflict, confront (oppose), disapprove (condemn) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4set oneself against — To oppose • • • Main Entry: ↑set …
5nerve oneself — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. take courage, pluck up one s courage, prepare, get ready; see fight 2 , oppose 2 , prepare 1 , resist 1 …
6magnify oneself against — phrasal : to oppose with pride if indeed you magnify yourselves against me and make my humiliation an argument against me Job 19:5 (Revised Standard Version) …
7Hermeneutics — Gadamer and Ricoeur G.B.Madison THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: ROMANTIC HERMENEUTICS Although the term ‘hermeneutics’ (hermeneutica) is, in its current usage, of early modern origin,1 the practice it refers to is as old as western civilization itself …
8Eastern Orthodox Christian theology — is the theology particular to the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is characterized by monotheistic Trinitarianism, belief in the Incarnation of the Logos (Son of God), a balancing of cataphatic theology with apophatic theology, a hermeneutic defined… …
9Existentialism — The …
10Kierkegaard’s speculative despair — Judith Butler Every movement of infinity is carried out through passion, and no reflection can produce a movement. This is the continual leap in existence that explains the movement, whereas mediation is a chimera, which in Hegel is supposed to… …
