antagonism
[noun]
Synonyms: hostility, antipathy, conflict, discord, dissension, friction, opposition, rivalry

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Antonyms: accord, comity
Contrasted words: concord, consonance, harmony, agreement, understanding, congruity, alliance, association, rapport, empathy, sympathy
Related Words: opposition, oppugnancy, resistance, withstanding, clashing, conflict, difference, disagreement, discord, friction, discrepancy, disparity, incongruity, annulling, negation, nullification, counteraction

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English Thesaurus: opposition, objection, antagonism, hostility, antipathy, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

an‧tag‧o‧nis‧m /ænˈtæɡənɪzəm/ noun [uncountable]

1. hatred between people or groups of people Synonym : hostility
antagonism between
the antagonism between the army and other military groups

2. opposition to an idea, plan etc
antagonism to/towards
his antagonism towards the press

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

antagonism
noun
ADJ. great, strong | mutual | class, personal, racial
VERB + ANTAGONISM feel, have She felt nothing but antagonism towards her boss. He seems to have an antagonism to the local people.
express, show | arouse, cause, create, lead to, provoke The new rules will create a lot of antagonism.
PREP. ~ between the antagonism between the two brothers
~ to/towards her antagonism towards her mother

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

opposition noun [uncountable] strong disagreement with or protest against something:
Opposition to the proposed scheme was widespread.
The plan met with stiff opposition (=strong opposition).
objection noun [countable] a reason you give for opposing an idea or plan:
My main objection is that it will cost too much money.
A number of objections were raised.
antagonism noun [uncountable] a strong feeling of opposition to something, or dislike for someone, which is shown in your behaviour, and has often existed for a long time:
his own antagonism to any form of authority
There is no antagonism towards tourists on the island.
people’s antagonism to communism
hostility noun [uncountable] angry remarks or behaviour that show someone opposes something very strongly, or dislikes someone very much:
The announcement was greeted with hostility from some employees.
There is a certain amount of hostility towards the police among local people.
antipathy noun [uncountable] formal a strong feeling of opposition and dislike for someone or something:
his fundamental antipathy to capitalism
Her long-standing antipathy to Herr Kohl was well-known.
Darwin shared Lyell's antipathy to the idea that the same species could appear independently in different areas.

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