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opponent

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EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 13.09.2019

Meanings

1
avalikus vaidluses vastuväidete esitaja, oponeerija
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2
(väitekirja kaitsmisel:) väitekirja kriitiline hindaja

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3
see, kes on millegi või kellegi vastu, kes suhtub kellessegi või millessegi eitavalt, vaenulikult vms
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4
konkurent, võistleja mängus, võistluses
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Filmikunsti terminibaas Filmterm

ID 453932 Last modified 13.09.2019
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Domain screenwriting
antagonist
antagonist
opponent
riivaaja
antagonisti
  • the protagonist's adversary or opponent. Anyone who is competing with the protagonist for the same goal (Truby, 2007, p. 52), or who opposes the protagonist necessarily becomes the opponent or antagonist (Egri, 1960, p. 113). The antagonist of a story is the opposing force, the "difficulty" that actively resists the protagonist's efforts to achieve the goal. These two opposing forces form the conflict of the story. (Howard & Mabley, 1993, p. 28) By creating conflict for the protagonist, the antagonist creates an environment in which transformational change is necessary and relevant [the protagonist must develop in order to achieve the goal] (Marks, 2009). If the antagonist is evil, or capable of cruel and criminal actions, he or she is called the villain (Abrams & Harpham, 2012, p. 294). In those works in which the protagonist is represented as evil [i.e. an antihero], the antagonist will often be a virtuous or sympathetic character, as Macduff is in "Macbeth". (Baldick, 2001, p. 12) Also see protagonist, villain.
antagonist
antagonist
opponent
riivaaja
antagonisti

Haridussõnastik

ID 745526 Last modified 13.05.2024
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Domain isikkõrgtead
oponent preferred
reviewer
Opponent
vastaväittäjä
  • oponeerija, teaduslikule ettekandele või väitekirjale vastuväidete esitaja
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oponent preferred
reviewer
Opponent
Opponentin
vastaväittäjä

Huviharidussõnastik

ID 754451 Last modified 10.05.2024
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Domain sport
rival
Gegner
соперник
  • konkurent, võistleja (mängus, võistluses jne), mingil alal teistega konkureerija
rival
Gegner
Gegnerin
соперник

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