Antagonism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Hostility that results in active resistance, opposition, or contentiousness. See Synonyms at enmity.
  • n. The condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor: the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism.
  • n. Biochemistry Interference in the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The state of being mutually opposed; mutual resistance or opposition of two forces in action; contrariety of things or principles.
  • n. The act of antagonizing; opposition.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility
  • n. a state of deep-seated ill-will
  • n. the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors
  • n. (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure
  • Hypernym
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    Synonym
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    opposition   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    animosity    antipathy    hostility    repugnance    rivalry    resentment    repulsion    mistrust    discontent    hate