What are some opposite words for antagonism?
Antonyms for antagonism
ænˈtæg əˌnɪz əman·tag·o·nism
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term antagonism.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
antagonism
Antipathy, repugnance, and uncongeniality are instinctive; other forms of dislike may be acquired or cherished for cause. Uncongeniality is negative, a want of touch or sympathy. An antipathy to a person or thing is an instinctive recoil from connection or association with that person or thing, and may be physical or mental, or both. Antagonism may result from the necessity of circumstances; opposition may spring from conflicting views or interests; abhorrence and detestation may be the result of religious and moral training; distaste and disgust may be acquired; aversion is a deep and permanent dislike. A natural antipathy may give rise to opposition which may result in hatred and hostility. Compare ACRIMONY; ANGER; ENMITY; HATRED.
Antonyms:
affinity, agreement, attraction, congeniality, fellow-feeling, harmony, kindliness, regard, sympathySynonyms:
abhorrence, antipathy, aversion, detestation, disgust, dislike, distaste, hatred, hostility, opposition, repugnance, repulsion, uncongenialityPreposition:
Antipathy to (less frequently for or against) a person or thing; antipathy between or betwixt two persons or things.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
antagonism
Antonyms:
amity, alliance, associationSynonyms:
hostility, opposition, animosity, enmity
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Princeton's WordNet
hostility, enmity, antagonismnoun
a state of deep-seated ill-will
Synonyms:
aggression, hostility, enmity, ill willantagonismnoun
the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors
"the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism"
antagonismnoun
an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility
antagonismnoun
(biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure
How to use antagonism in a sentence?
Since every effort in our educational life seems to be directed toward making of the child a being foreign to itself, it must of necessity produce individuals foreign to one another, and in everlasting antagonism with each other.
The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement, being in unceasing antagonism to that disposition to aim at something better than customary,....
Both sides have started to adjust their perceptions of the value of trilateral security cooperation and the costs of bilateral antagonism vis-a-vis North Korea.
A lot of us have developed a political identity different to our parents, they came here with a great antagonism to socialism and anything that has even a whiff of Soviet to it. They are very capitalist.
Iran wants two things, to hedge on Afghanistans future by building ties on both sides of the civil war and to drive up U.S. costs to get U.S. forces off one of its borders. Geography ensures that Iran will always have an interest in Afghanistan, but Irans support for the Taliban is largely driven by antagonism with the U.S. So a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan would likely lessen, if not end, Irans support for the Taliban.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#708 | agreement | |
#726 | association | |
#3356 | alliance | |
#3876 | regard | |
#5410 | attraction | |
#7424 | harmony | |
#9861 | sympathy | |
#13185 | affinity | |
#37774 | amity | |
#48333 | antagonism | |
#66780 | congeniality | |
#192100 | kindliness |
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