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Synonyms for antagonism
ænˈtæg əˌnɪz əman·tag·o·nism

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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 11 votes

  1. antagonism

    Antipathy, repugnance, and uncongeniality are instinctive; other forms of dislike may be acquired or cherished for cause. Uncongeniality is negative, a want of touch or sympathy. An antipathy to a person or thing is an instinctive recoil from connection or association with that person or thing, and may be physical or mental, or both. Antagonism may result from the necessity of circumstances; opposition may spring from conflicting views or interests; abhorrence and detestation may be the result of religious and moral training; distaste and disgust may be acquired; aversion is a deep and permanent dislike. A natural antipathy may give rise to opposition which may result in hatred and hostility. Compare ACRIMONY; ANGER; ENMITY; HATRED.

    Synonyms:
    abhorrence, antipathy, aversion, detestation, disgust, dislike, distaste, hatred, hostility, opposition, repugnance, repulsion, uncongeniality

    Antonyms:
    affinity, agreement, attraction, congeniality, fellow-feeling, harmony, kindliness, regard, sympathy

    Preposition:
    Antipathy to (less frequently for or against) a person or thing; antipathy between or betwixt two persons or things.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. antagonism

    Synonyms:
    hostility, opposition, animosity, enmity

    Antonyms:
    amity, alliance, association

Princeton's WordNet3.5 / 2 votes

  1. hostility, enmity, antagonismnoun

    a state of deep-seated ill-will

    Synonyms:
    aggression, hostility, enmity, ill will

  2. antagonismnoun

    the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors

    "the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism"

    Synonyms:
    hostility, enmity

  3. antagonismnoun

    an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility

    Synonyms:
    hostility, enmity

  4. antagonismnoun

    (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure

    Synonyms:
    hostility, enmity

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. opposition and hatred

    unfortunately people are motivated by antagonism

    Submitted by anonymous on December 2, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. antagonismnoun

    Synonyms:
    opposition, contrariety, repugnance, contradiction, clashing

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "antagonism":

    enmity, hostility, confrontation, antagonistic, hostile

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How to use antagonism in a sentence?

  1. Benjamin Friedman:

    Iran wants two things, to hedge on Afghanistans future by building ties on both sides of the civil war and to drive up U.S. costs to get U.S. forces off one of its borders. Geography ensures that Iran will always have an interest in Afghanistan, but Irans support for the Taliban is largely driven by antagonism with the U.S. So a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan would likely lessen, if not end, Irans support for the Taliban.

  2. Zhang Yesui:

    The two countries's history, culture, social system and development stage certainly have many differences, it's totally normal to have differences and disputes, but this does not inevitably lead to antagonism or confrontation.

  3. Farhang Jahanpour of Oxford University:

    They should cooperate because if the present state of antagonism continues they will be the losers, and we will be witnessing wars for decades in the entire region and beyond.

  4. Chuck Grassley:

    They ought to be smart enough to know that there ought to be a lot of things going around this country other than just what happened on January 6 -- and what happened in Portland and Seattle and Minneapolis and a lot of other places, including a lot of the antagonism against Jewish people right now being attacked in Los Angeles and New York.

  5. White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

    It was very difficult to get everybody around the table. It certainly is going to be even more difficult to get everybody back around the table if you have the Saudis and the Iranians trading public barbs and public expressions of antagonism between the two countries.


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