Definitions for antagonism

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antagonism an·tag·o·nism

Spelling: [an-tag-uh-niz-uh m]

IPA: /ænˈtæg əˌnɪz əm/

Antagonism is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 618 anagrams from letters in antagonism (aagimnnost).

Definitions for antagonism

noun

1. an active hostility or opposition, as between unfriendly or conflicting groups:
2. an opposing force, principle, or tendency:
3. Physiology. an opposing action, as by one muscle in relation to another.
4. Biochemistry, Pharmacology. the opposing action of substances, as drugs, that when taken together decrease the effectiveness of at least one of them (contrasted with synergism).
5. Ecology. a relationship between two species of organisms in which the individuals of each species adversely affect the other, as in competition. the inhibition of the growth of one type of organism by a different type that is competing for the same ecological niche.

Origin of antagonism

1835-40; (French antagonisme) Greek antagṓnisma. See antagonize, -ism

Examples for antagonism

We write from aspiration and antagonism, as well as from experience.

The antagonism between News Corp. and the BBC goes back a long way.

Despite this antagonism, there exists a deep attachment to the royal house.

It is important not to set out on a path of antagonism towards the leaders in Israel and Palestine.

And stranger still—why should he put himself in antagonism to its success?

Work that alienates one reader to the point of antagonism can feel like a perfect fit to another.

The two men, formerly friends, were evidently in antagonism now.

On more than one occasion, literal fights broke out behind closed doors, and the antagonism often fell along racial lines.

And the antagonism sure to be generated by such racial disparities was magnified by the sheer number of cases.

There were other reasons for the antagonism of Plato to poetry.