The adversaries maintain some type of confrontation with each other.
An adversary is an opposing or enemy person. The term, from the Latin adversarĭus , is also used to name the group of subjects with these characteristics.
For example: "The mayor of San Patricio is the governor's main adversary on the road to re-election" , "The British boxer was not a dangerous opponent for the local boxer" , "I want to have companions and not adversaries in the group of job" .
Examples of adversaries
The adversary can be an individual who, due to specific situations, appears as an opponent to another person since he or she has interests opposite to his or her own. That is the case of two tennis players who face each other in a match . On the court, both players will be adversaries: each one will do everything possible to win. To win, therefore, it is necessary to oppose the rival. At the end of the match, however, these tennis players will no longer be adversaries because the sporting confrontation between the two will have concluded. In fact, you may even be friends and share a room at a hotel or at a dinner party.
In other cases, the adversaries are true enemies with opposite ways of life. There is no longer a specific situation that places them as adversaries, but rather some issue has turned them into people who are in conflict at all times and places. It can be about two men who vie for the love of a woman and who attack each other in all areas.
The degree of rivalry or enmity between adversaries may vary.
The notion in politics
It must be emphasized that within the field of politics the term adversary is widely used. Thus, we speak of political adversaries to refer, for example, to the leaders of two totally opposite parties that compete in the same elections and whose clear objective is to obtain the greatest number of votes possible in order to win.
In this sense, it is common that before elections through various media, mainly television, the adversaries participate in a debate where they can not only present their programs, but also where they confront and refute their rival's proposals. .
These debates only take place in countries where a democratic regime is established since it is considered that this is the way to enrich and favor life and coexistence in those.
Debate between political adversaries
The best example of this type of "televised confrontation" between two political adversaries was the one that took place in 1960 between John Fitzgerald Kennedy , candidate of the Democratic Party , and Richard Nixon , also candidate for the presidency of the United States for the Republican Party .
This was the first debate that was broadcast on the small screen and stands out because it was carried out thinking that the second politician was going to literally sweep away his opponent for having little experience. However, the result was totally different than expected and Kennedy managed to "win" thanks to the careful image he presented and because he knew how to use the weapons of the medium much better.
A book by Carrère
"The Adversary" , finally, is a French novel whose original title is "L'adversaire".
This work was written by Emmanuel Carrère and adapted to film by Nicole Garcia .