antagonism
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- noun
- /ænˈtæɡənɪzəm/
- Ted didn't understand what that had to do with her apparent antagonism towards him.
- racial antagonism
- political antagonism
- ethnic antagonism
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Watch on YouTubeAnd then it often shows up in anger, antagonism, annoyance.
- And then it often shows up in anger, antagonism, annoyance.
- It's just the regular presence that antagonism has on our lives that can take a toll.
- The fact is that violence and antagonism and conflict isn't just how relationships are.
- And the crash between those two different ways is what causes tension and antagonism.
- Many ideas about cities which as complex is that idea, but the antagonism between country and city still lasts today.
- There's always something wrong, fault finding, because the ego grows through the constant opposition, constant antagonism.
- I had an argument with Kevin Lynch about Aldo Rossi in saying this, and I'll just quote Lynch from his own writing about his antagonism to Rossi.
- And so it's creating this, you know, the antagonism it's describing.
- And so it can't just be antagonism.
- You'd be amazed how often there's also jealousies or just sometimes a lack of respect and, or, or, or, or some kind of antagonism.
Examples
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The region became an arena for the classic antagonism between farmers and cattlemen.
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I'm not criticising, but it just seems to me there's always been an antagonism between you two.
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So antagonism is a type of negative behavior.
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Many ideas about cities which as complex is that idea, but the antagonism between country and city still lasts today.
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At the same time, they are still vulnerable to discrimination and antagonism in the larger society.
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And it's this basic antagonism, this difference of opinion that Eichenbaum wants to focus on and indeed does focus on.
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In keeping with his binary scheme of omission/inclusion, he describes a simmering antagonism between the two women.
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The middle-class working woman aroused much greater antagonism than her working-class peer.
Fiction book (1993) -
The PKK manipulated the antagonism of younger generations of Kurds and steered their anger towards the AK Party.
Academic text (2017) -
The region became an arena for the classic antagonism between farmers and cattlemen.
Synonyms
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A very strong dislike that can make a person want to hurt others
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The act of resisting an idea, plan, or change
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A situation when people or groups meet in direct conflict, often angrily
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Unfriendly or angry actions and feelings toward someone
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Hostile or violent behavior toward others
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Strong angry feeling toward a person or group
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A strong dislike of something or someone
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A strong feeling of hate toward someone or something
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A strong feeling of hatred toward people or groups
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A bitter, angry feeling shown in words or actions
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A disagreement with a government or its rules
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A situation where two ideas, groups, or feelings are against each other
Antonyms
How Hostile
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Surface Forms
Morphology
antagonism = antagonist (transparent) = antagon + ism
The suffix '-ism' denotes a state or quality, making the meaning derivable from 'antagonist'.
Etymology
Antagonism comes from the parts anti- meaning 'against' and agon meaning 'contest' or 'struggle', so it gives the image of people or groups facing off. That's why antagonism means active hostility or strong opposition between people, groups, or things.