Synonyms for antagonism
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : an-tag-uh-niz-uhm |
| Phonetic Transcription : ænˈtæg əˌnɪz əm |
Top 10 synonyms for antagonism Other synonyms for the word antagonism
Définition of antagonism
Origin :- 1797, from French antagonisme or directly from late Greek antagonisma, noun of action from antagonizesthai "to struggle against" (see antagonist).
- noun causing problem; opposition
- The two men, formerly friends, were evidently in antagonism now.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- And stranger still—why should he put himself in antagonism to its success?
- Extract from : « Address delivered by Hon. Henry H. Crapo, Governor of Michigan, before the Central Michigan Agricultural Society, at their Sheep-shearing Exhibition held at the Agricultural College Farm, on Thursday, May 24th, 1866 » by Henry Howland Crapo
- There were other reasons for the antagonism of Plato to poetry.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- We write from aspiration and antagonism, as well as from experience.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Despite this antagonism, there exists a deep attachment to the royal house.
- Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel
- There is a progression by antagonism of two opposite aspects of philosophy.
- Extract from : « Meno » by Plato
- Yet incidentally the antagonism between Socrates and the Sophists is allowed to appear.
- Extract from : « Apology » by Plato
- It was not a feeling of antagonism, exactly, but more of defiance, of obstinacy.
- Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- His antagonism to his father spurred him to a prouder carriage.
- Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
- For the once, Thayer had made no effort to avoid rousing his antagonism.
- Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray
Antonyms for antagonism
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