antagonism

English

Etymology

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

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

• heteroantagonism
• homoantagonism
• isoantagonism

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), 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
• Interlingue:
• Japanese: 対抗 (ja) (たいこう, taikō)
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• 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

Anagrams

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