antagonism

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ænˈtæɡənɪzəm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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.

Derived terms

• fantagonism
• heteroantagonism
• homoantagonism
• isoantagonism
• queerantagonism
• transantagonism

 

Related terms

• agon
• agonism
• antagonist
• antagonistic
• antagonize

 

Translations

strong dislike

• Bulgarian: вражда́ (bg) f (vraždá), вражде́бност (bg) f (vraždébnost), антагони́зъм (bg) m (antagonízǎm)
• Catalan: antagonisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 對抗／对抗 (zh) (duìkàng)

• Czech: antagonismus (cs) m
• Esperanto: antagonismo (eo)
• Finnish: antagonismi (fi)
• French: antagonisme (fr) m
• German: Antagonismus (de) m, Gegensatz (de) m
• Japanese: 敵対 (ja) (てきたい, tekitai), 対立 (ja) (たいりつ, rairitsu)
• Macedonian: антагони́зам m (antagonízam), о́мраза f (ómraza)
• Polish: antagonizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: antagonismo (pt) m
• Romanian: antagonism (ro)
• Russian: вражда́ (ru) f (vraždá), вражде́бность (ru) f (vraždébnostʹ), антагони́зм (ru) m (antagonízm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: антагонѝзам m

  Roman: antagonìzam (sh) m

• Spanish: antagonismo (es) m, hostilidad (es) f
• Swahili: uadui
• Tok Pisin: pasin birua
• Ukrainian: антагоні́зм (uk) m (antahonízm)

Anagrams

• Montagnais

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French antagonisme.

Noun

antagonism n (plural antagonisme)

1. antagonism

Declension

Declension of antagonism

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) antagonism	antagonismul	(niște) antagonisme	antagonismele
genitive/dative	(unui) antagonism	antagonismului	(unor) antagonisme	antagonismelor
vocative	antagonismule		antagonismelor

Swedish

Noun

antagonism c

1. antagonism

Declension

Declension of antagonism
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	antagonism	antagonismen	antagonismer	antagonismerna
Genitive	antagonisms	antagonismens	antagonismers	antagonismernas

Related terms

• antagonist (“antagonist”)
• antagonistisk (“antagonistic”)

References

• antagonism in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• antagonism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• antagonism in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)