Antagonism
[æn'tæg(ə)nɪz(ə)m] or [æn'tæɡənɪzəm]
Definition
(noun.) (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure.
(noun.) an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility.
(noun.) the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors; 'the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism'.
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Definition
(n.) Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Opposition, contrariety, repugnance, contradiction, clashing.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Hostility, opposition, animosity, enmity
ANT:Amity, alliance, association
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Definition
n. a contending or struggling against: opposition (with to and also with).—n. Antagonisā′tion.—v.t. Antag′onise to struggle violently against: to counteract the action of an opposite muscle.—p.adj. Antag′onised made antagonistic opposed beyond hope of reconciliation.—n. Antag′onist one who contends or struggles with another: an opponent.—adjs. Antag′onist Antagonist′ic contending against: opposed to.—adv. Antagonis′tically.
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Examples
- There were other reasons for the antagonism of Plato to poetry. Plato. The Republic.
- His racial Jewish commercialism made the antagonism of property and labour very plain to him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was much wild talk of the antagonism of religion and science. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Hermione felt injured, that all her good intention, all her offering, only left the other woman in vulgar antagonism. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Birkin felt some mistrust and antagonism in the small child. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He felt at once the antagonism in the atmosphere, something radical and insuperable, and he bit his lip. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And it was in the original centres of civilization that this antagonism was most completely developed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Is the relation between them one of mutual antagonism or of mutual harmony? Plato. The Republic.
- A system of fierce antagonism ensued. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- With the slow unalterable persistency which she had always felt in him, he was making his way through the dense mass of social antagonisms. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- They were being replaced by new associations and new antagonisms. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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