antagonism

an-tag′o-nism

(ăn-tăg′ō̍-nĭz’m)

,

Noun.

[Gr.

ἀνταγώνισμα

, fr.

ἀνταγωνίζεσθαι

to struggle against;

ἀντί

against +

ἀγωνίζεσθαι

to contend or struggle,

ἀγών

contest: cf. F.

antagonisme

. See

Agony

.]

Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles.

☞ We speak of antagonism between two things, to or against a thing, and sometimes with a thing.

Antagonism

ANTAG'ONISM

,

Noun.

Opposition of action; counteraction of things or principles.

antagonism

English

Noun

antagonism ‎(plural antagonisms)

A strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy.
The longstanding antagonism is manifested in frequent scuffles and shouting matches.

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strong dislike

Bulgarian: вражда (bg) f ‎(vraždá), враждебност (bg) f ‎(vraždébnost), антагонизъм (bg) m ‎(antagonízǎm)
Catalan: antagonisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 對抗 (zh), 对抗 (zh) ‎(duìkàng)
Esperanto: antagonismo (eo)
Finnish: antagonismi (fi)
French: antagonisme (fr) m
German: Antagonismus (de) m
Japanese: 対抗 (ja) ‎(たいこう, taikō)

Portuguese: antagonismo (pt) m
Romanian: antagonism (ro)
Russian: вражда́ (ru) f ‎(vraždá), вражде́бность (ru) f ‎(vraždébnostʹ), антагони́зм (ru) m ‎(antagonízm)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: антагонизам m

Roman: antagonizam (sh) m
Spanish: antagonismo (es) m, hostilidad (es) f
Swahili: uadui
Tok Pisin: pasin birua

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