'antagonism' definitions:
Definition of 'antagonism'
From: WordNet
noun
noun
The relation between opposing principles or forces or factors; "the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism"
noun
An actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility
noun
(biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure
Synonyms of 'antagonism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abhorrence,
- abomination,
- aggression,
- aggressiveness,
- allergy,
- animosity,
- animus,
- annulling,
- antipathy,
- antithesis,
- argumentation,
- aversion,
- backlash,
- bad blood,
- bellicism,
- bellicosity,
- belligerence,
- belligerency,
- chauvinism,
- clash,
- clashing,
- cold sweat,
- collision,
- combativeness,
- competition,
- con,
- conflict,
- confrontation,
- confutation,
- contention,
- contentiousness,
- contradiction,
- contradistinction,
- contraindication,
- contraposition,
- contrariety,
- contrariness,
- contrast,
- controversy,
- counteraction,
- counterposition,
- counterworking,
- crankiness,
- creeping flesh,
- cross-purposes,
- crotchetiness,
- despitefulness,
- difference,
- disaccord,
- disaccordance,
- disagreement,
- discord,
- discordance,
- discordancy,
- discrepancy,
- disgust,
- disharmony,
- disparity,
- dissension,
- dissent,
- dissidence,
- dissonance,
- disunion,
- disunity,
- divergence,
- diversity,
- enmity,
- faction,
- ferocity,
- fierceness,
- fight,
- fractiousness,
- friction,
- hate,
- hatred,
- horror,
- hostility,
- inaccordance,
- incongruity,
- inconsistency,
- inequality,
- inimicalness,
- interference,
- jarring,
- jingoism,
- kick,
- loathing,
- malevolence,
- malice,
- malignity,
- martialism,
- militancy,
- militarism,
- mortal horror,
- nausea,
- negation,
- negativeness,
- nonconformity,
- noncooperation,
- nullification,
- obstinacy,
- oppositeness,
- opposition,
- opposure,
- oppugnance,
- oppugnancy,
- perverseness,
- perversity,
- polarity,
- pugnaciousness,
- pugnacity,
- quarrelsomeness,
- rancor,
- reaction,
- recalcitrance,
- recoil,
- refractoriness,
- renitency,
- repercussion,
- repugnance,
- repulsion,
- resistance,
- revolt,
- rivalry,
- saber rattling,
- showdown,
- shuddering,
- spite,
- spitefulness,
- strife,
- swimming upstream,
- truculence,
- uncooperativeness,
- unfriendliness,
- unharmoniousness,
- unpeacefulness,
- variance,
- vying,
- warmongering,
- warpath,
- withstanding