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antagonism
noun
1 antagonism
A state of deep-seated ill-will.
synonyms: enmity, hostility.
Roget 14:
contrariety,
contrast,
foil,
antithesis,
oppositeness;
contradiction;
antagonism
etc.
(opposition)
708;
clashing,
repugnance.
inversion
etc.
218;
the opposite,
the reverse,
the inverse,
the converse,
the antipodes,
the antithesis,
the other extreme.
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Roget 179:
counteraction,
opposition;
contrariety
etc.
14;
antagonism,
polarity;
clashing
etc.
v.;
collision,
interference,
inhibition,
resistance,
renitency,
friction;
reaction;
retroaction
etc.
(recoil)
277;
counterblast†;
neutralization
etc.
(compensation)
30;
vis inertiae [Lat.];
check
etc.
(hindrance)
706.
voluntary opposition
etc.
708,
voluntary resistance
etc.
719;
repression
etc.
(restraint)
751.
opposites,
action and reaction,
yang and yin,
yang-yin
(contrariety)
14.
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Roget 708:
opposition,
antagonism;
oppugnancy†,
oppugnation†;
impugnation†;
contrariety;
contravention;
counteraction
etc.
179;
counterplot.
cross fire,
undercurrent,
head wind.
clashing,
collision,
conflict.
competition,
two of a trade,
rivalry,
emulation,
race.
absence of aid
etc.
708;
resistance
etc.
719;
restraint
etc.
751;
hindrance
etc.
706.
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Dutch: animositeit, hostiliteit, vijandigheid, vijandschap
2 antagonism
The relation between opposing principles or forces or factors.
3 antagonism
An actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility.
Polish: antagonizm
4 antagonism
biochemistry Interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure.
Dutch: antagonisme
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