Meaning of ANTAGONISM
| Pronunciation: | | an'tagu`nizum
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- [n] (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure
- [n] an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility
- [n] the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors; "the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism"
- [n] a state of deep-seated ill-will
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| | Synonyms: | | enmity, hostility |
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| | See Also: | | dislike, enmity, hindrance, hostility, ill will, interference, latent hostility, oppositeness, opposition, state, state of war, suspicion, tension, war | |
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| | Definition: | | \An*tag"o*nism\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to struggle
against; ? against + ? to contend or struggle, ? contest: cf.
F. antagonisme. See {Agony}.]
Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things
or principles.
Note: We speak of antagonism between two things, to or
against a thing, and sometimes with a thing.
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| | Definition: | | An interaction between chemicals in which one partially or completely inhibits the effect of the other (e.g., a drug that blocks a hormone's receptor site would be a hormone antagonist). |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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