antagonizing

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antagonizing (comparative more antagonizing, superlative most antagonizing)

  1. Tending to antagonize.
    • 2002, Nick Crossley, Making Sense Of Social Movements, page 138:
      In other words, agents are more persuaded by anti-establishment frames when the establishment is both more antagonizing and more resistant to change.
    • 2008, Barry Cooper, Jodi Bruhn, Voegelin Recollected: Conversations on a Life, page 132:
      He had a kind of pugnacity about him that could be very antagonizing.
    • 2020, Jonathan Matusitz, Global Jihad in Muslim and non-Muslim Contexts, page 323:
      The actions of such group or movement become more and more antagonizing to actions of other groups or movements over time.

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antagonizing

  1. present participle and gerund of antagonize