The Collaborative International Dictionary
Opponency
Opponency \Op*po"nen*cy\, n.
The act of opening an academical disputation; the proposition
of objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree. [Eng.]
--Todd.
Wiktionary
opponency
n. (context UK English) The act of opening an academic disputation; the proposition of objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree.
Usage examples of "opponency".
He still regarded Bunt with a look of unappeased distrust, as if the young ass sensed some dissembled opponency in the hive-master's unfailing affability and compliance.