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antagonism

/ænˈtæɡənɪzəm/

antagonism noun: a strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy.

Noun

antagonism (countable and uncountable, plural antagonisms)

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

antagonism meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

antagonism in Tamil

விரோதம், எதிர்ப்பு, பகை, பகைமை, முரண்பாடு

antagonism in Urdu

بیر, دشمنی, لاگ, رقابت

antagonism in Bengali

সক্রিয় বিরোধিতা, শত্রুতা

antagonism in Malayalam

antagonism, antipathy
വിരോധം virōdhaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
antagonism in Kannada
ಹಗೆತನ, ಕಡ್ಡತನ, ವಿರೋಧ, ವೈರ
antagonism in Punjabi
مخالفت muxālfat
antagonism in Indonesian
antagonisme

Examples of antagonism in a sentence

  • Perhaps the most striking example of this intra-fandom antagonism comes in responses to Larry shippers.
  • Festering antagonism between English and Hanseatic merchants was rooted in the principle of reciprocity.
  • There is change, but the changes arise out of slight misduplications of the pattern rather than from essential antagonisms.

All 10 example sentences with antagonism

Forms of antagonism

pluralantagonisms

Plural of antagonism: antagonisms

Origin of antagonism

From Ancient Greek ἀνταγωνιστής (antagōnistḗs, “opponent”), from ἀνταγωνίζομαι (antagōnízomai, “antagonize”), from ἀγών (agṓn, “contest”) (English agon).

Words formed from antagonism

Questions about antagonism

What does antagonism mean?
Antagonism means a strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy.
What is antagonism in Tamil?
Antagonism in Tamil is விரோதம், எதிர்ப்பு, பகை. See Antagonism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is antagonism?
Antagonism is a noun.
How do you pronounce antagonism?
Antagonism is pronounced /ænˈtæɡənɪzəm/.
What is the plural of antagonism?
The plural of antagonism is antagonisms.

Words near antagonism in the dictionary

  1. antagonised
  2. antagoniser
  3. antagonisers
  4. antagonises
  5. antagonising
  6. antagonism
  7. antagonisms
  8. antagonist
  9. antagonistic
  10. antagonistical
  11. antagonistically

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: antagonism (page history and authors); antagonism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); antagonism (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); antagonism (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); വിരോധം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); antagonism (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); مخالفت (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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