opposedBy

P437
predicate

Indicates that one entity actively resists, disagrees with, or works against the actions, views, or position of another entity.

All labels observed (200)

Label Occurrences
opponent 12,807
opposedBy canonical 10,458
opposes 6,798

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: opposedBy
Generated description
Indicates that one entity actively resists, disagrees with, or works against the actions, views, or position of another entity.

Sample triples (62,468)

Subject Object
Cuban Revolution Fulgencio Batista via predicate surface "opponent"
Cuban Revolution Fulgencio Batista via predicate surface "opponent"
surface form: Batista regime
Cuban Revolution Cuban government via predicate surface "opponent"
surface form: Cuban government of Fulgencio Batista
Cuban Revolution United States government
surface form: United States government (politically after victory)
Gag Law (Ley de la Mordaza) Puerto Rican nationalists
Gag Law (Ley de la Mordaza) civil liberties advocates
U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay human rights organizations via predicate surface "criticizedBy"
U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights via predicate surface "criticizedBy"
surface form: United Nations experts
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/19 United States of America
surface form: United States
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/19 Israel
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/19 Canada
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/19 Czech Republic
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/19 Panama
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/19 Marshall Islands
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/19 Federated States of Micronesia
surface form: Micronesia
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/19 Nauru
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/19 Palau
Constantine XI Palaiologos Mehmed II via predicate surface "opponent"
Open VLD excessive state intervention in the economy via predicate surface "opposes"
Open VLD protectionism via predicate surface "opposes"
Poor People’s Campaign systemic poverty via predicate surface "opposes"
Poor People’s Campaign economic injustice via predicate surface "opposes"
Civil Disobedience slavery in the United States via predicate surface "criticizes"
Civil Disobedience Mexican–American War via predicate surface "criticizes"
SCLC racial segregation via predicate surface "opposedTo"
SCLC racial discrimination via predicate surface "opposedTo"
James II of England Parliament of England
surface form: English Parliament
James II of England Church of England
surface form: Church of England leadership
Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria Austrian Habsburg Monarchy via predicate surface "opposed"
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy
Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor via predicate surface "opposed"
surface form: Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I
Defense of the Reich Allied air forces via predicate surface "opponent"
surface form: Allied forces
Defense of the Reich Royal Air Force via predicate surface "opponent"
Defense of the Reich United States Army Air Forces via predicate surface "opponent"
American Federation of Labor industrial unionism (in its early years) via predicate surface "opposedTo"
American Federation of Labor socialist political parties via predicate surface "opposedTo"
Cold War cooperation Soviet Union via predicate surface "hasOpposingBloc"
Cold War cooperation Warsaw Pact via predicate surface "hasOpposingBloc"
Reconstruction Acts of 1867 Andrew Johnson
surface form: President Andrew Johnson
Reconstruction Acts of 1867 many white Southerners
Radical Republicanism lenient Reconstruction policies via predicate surface "opposedTo"
Radical Republicanism Presidential Reconstruction under Andrew Johnson via predicate surface "opposedTo"
Ku Klux Klan Black Americans via predicate surface "opposes"
surface form: African Americans
Ku Klux Klan Jews via predicate surface "opposes"
Ku Klux Klan Roman Catholicism via predicate surface "opposes"
surface form: Catholics
Ku Klux Klan immigrants via predicate surface "opposes"
Ku Klux Klan civil rights movement via predicate surface "opposes"
Ku Klux Klan Reconstruction policies via predicate surface "opposedLegislation"
Ku Klux Klan Civil Rights Act of 1964 via predicate surface "opposedLegislation"
Ku Klux Klan Voting Rights Act of 1965 via predicate surface "opposedLegislation"
Rutgers Scarlet Knights football Princeton Tigers football via predicate surface "rival"