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Antagonism

noun

A state of deep-seated ill-will. Synonyms: enmity, hostility.

The relation between opposing principles or forces or factors.

An actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility.

(biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure.

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... In accepting the presidency, Mrs. Stanton made a powerful speech, certain parts of which acted as a bombshell not only at this meeting, but in press, pulpit and society. The two points which aroused most antagonism were: ...

— The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) • Ida Husted Harper

... in this assembly was that it was composed partly of nobles and partly of peasants—the latter being decidedly in the majority—and that no trace of antagonism seemed to exist between the two classes. Landed proprietors and their ci-devant serfs, emancipated only ten years before, evidently met for the moment on a footing of equality. The discussions were carried on chiefly by the nobles, but on more than ...

— Russia • Donald Mackenzie Wallace

... this way I passed house after house while the water dripped from my hat and the mud clogged my feet. Though chilled and hungry to the point of weakness, my suffering was mainly mental. A sudden realization of the natural antagonism of the well-to-do toward the tramp appalled me. Once, as I turned in toward the bright light of a kitchen window, the roar of a watch dog stopped me before I had fairly passed the gate. I turned back with a savage word, hot with resentment at a house-owner who would keep a ...

— A Son of the Middle Border • Hamlin Garland

... at that moment occupied by two matters—first, the fierce antagonism of Vorontsof Dachkof; and secondly, his avariciousness concerning the concession for gambling at that pretty ...

— The Minister of Evil - The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia • William Le Queux

... written 140 years ago, but, as we all know, they are still true of the working of the system to-day. Indeed the war has served to emphasize their truth by showing us how deeply entrenched are the habits of bargaining and of latent antagonism which the working of the wage-system has engendered. It is the defect of the wage-system, as Adam Smith makes clear to us, that it lays stress on just those points in the industrial process where the interests of employers and workpeople run contrary to one ...

— Progress and History • Various

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