The phrase "oppose authority" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to express a resistance to an authority figure, institution, or system. For example: "The protesters showed their dissatisfaction by demonstrating their willingness to oppose authority."
They symbolize an attitude of opposing authority.
While anti-statism is central, anarchism entails opposing authority or hierarchical organisation in the conduct of human relations, including, but not limited to, the state system.
Insurgents struck with such precision between the two opposing authorities that American and Iraqi officials suspect the attacks were an effort to provoke an Arab-Kurd war.
I could understand if Alison grew to oppose the authority of her father's gaze.
It is the boldest move ever made by a Soviet republic to oppose the authority of the central government.
To oppose the authority of David, as Brookner shows Gros doing, was to oppose, however uncertainly, the central beliefs about human nature and how life should be conducted which David's theories stood for.
It's a salacious political charge to suggest that the Democratic left is inclined to dubious and unwitting alliances with evildoers in order to oppose unwarranted authority at home.
Even many of the usual free-trade suspects, such as Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, now oppose negotiating authority on the ground that deals like these don't really help America and let trade predators off the hook with commitments that somehow don't get enforced.
In rural areas, people said the Imbonerakure threatened those perceived to oppose the authorities, prompting many to flee.
When the insurrection gained momentum, the military stopped trying to control the events and hundreds of thousands of Tunisians glimpsed that this was their first chance to oppose the authorities.
