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See also: Antagonist
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin antagonista, from Ancient Greek ἀνταγωνιστής (antagōnistḗs, “opponent”) (ἀντί (antí, “against”) + ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “a combatant, pleader, actor”)), from ἀνταγωνίζεσθαι (antagōnízesthai, “antagonize”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
antagonist (plural antagonists)
- An opponent or enemy.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book 9”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
- Antagonist of Heav’ns Almightie King
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- our antagonists in these controversies
- One who antagonizes or stirs.
- (biochemistry) A chemical that binds to a receptor but does not produce a physiological response, blocking the action of agonist chemicals.
- 2001: The calcium antagonists represent one of the top ten classes of prescription drugs in terms of commercial value, with worldwide sales of nearly $10 billion in 1999. — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 41)
- (authorship) The main character or force opposing the protagonist in a literary work or drama.
- (anatomy) A muscle that acts in opposition to another.
- A flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.
Antonyms[edit]
- protagonist
- agonist (biochemistry)
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
opponent
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one who antagonizes
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chemical
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main character or force opposing the protagonist
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Anagrams[edit]
Danish[edit]
Noun[edit]
antagonist c (singular definite antagonisten, plural indefinite antagonister)
- (literature) antagonist
Declension[edit]
Declension of antagonist
common gender |
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | antagonist | antagonisten | antagonister | antagonisterne |
genitive | antagonists | antagonistens | antagonisters | antagonisternes |
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