antagonism

antagonism

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνταγωνιστής (antagōnistḗs, “opponent”), from ἀνταγωνίζεσθαι (antagōnízesthai, “antagonize”), from ἀγών (agṓn, “contest”) (English agon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ænˈtæɡənɪzəm/

Noun

antagonism (countable and uncountable, plural antagonisms)

1. A strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy.

   Their longstanding antagonism is manifested in frequent scuffles and shouting matches.

Derived terms

• heteroantagonism
• homoantagonism
• isoantagonism

Related terms

• agon
• agonism
• antagonist
• antagonistic
• antagonize

 

Translations

strong dislike

Bulgarian: вражда́ (bg) f (vraždá), вражде́бност (bg) f (vraždébnost), антагони́зъм (bg) m (antagonízǎm) Catalan: antagonisme m Chinese: Mandarin: 對抗／对抗 (zh) (duìkàng) Czech: antagonismus (cs) m Esperanto: antagonismo (eo) Finnish: antagonismi (fi) French: antagonisme (fr) m German: Antagonismus (de) m, Gegensatz (de) m Japanese: 対抗 (ja) (たいこう, taikō) Macedonian: антагони́зам m (antagonízam), о́мраза f (ómraza) Polish: antagonizm (pl) m Portuguese: antagonismo (pt) m Romanian: antagonism (ro) Russian: вражда́ (ru) f (vraždá), вражде́бность (ru) f (vraždébnostʹ), антагони́зм (ru) m (antagonízm) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: антагонѝзам m Roman: antagonìzam (sh) m Spanish: antagonismo (es) m, hostilidad (es) f Swahili: uadui Tok Pisin: pasin birua Ukrainian: антагоні́зм (uk) m (antahonízm)

Anagrams

• Montagnais

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Romanian

Etymology

From French antagonisme.

Noun

antagonism n (plural antagonisme)

1. antagonism

Declension

Declension of antagonism

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) antagonism	antagonismul	(niște) antagonisme	antagonismele
genitive/dative	(unui) antagonism	antagonismului	(unor) antagonisme	antagonismelor
vocative	antagonismule		antagonismelor

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Swedish

Noun

antagonism c

1. antagonism

Declension

Declension of antagonism
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	antagonism	antagonismen	antagonismer	antagonismerna
Genitive	antagonisms	antagonismens	antagonismers	antagonismernas

Related terms

• antagonistisk (“antagonistic”)

References

• antagonism in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• antagonism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• antagonism in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)