Home › Words › O › opponencyopponencyopponency means the act of opening an academic disputation; the proposition of objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, opponency ranks #35,666 of 42,749 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom opponent + -cy?nounThe act of opening an academic disputation; the proposition of objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree.e.g.“This is only a Trick to turn off the Opponency” — 1699, Mr. Chandler, A True Narrative of the Portsmouth Disputation:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).