ANTAGONISM
\antˈaɡənˌɪzəm], \antˈaɡənˌɪzəm], \a_n_t_ˈa_ɡ_ə_n_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
Definitions of ANTAGONISM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a state of deep-seated ill-will
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an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility
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the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors; "the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism"
By Princeton University
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a state of deep-seated ill-will
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an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility
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the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors; "the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles.
By Oddity Software
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Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Opposition, mutual resistance; noting mutual opposition in action between muscles, drugs, diseases, or physiological processes or between drugs and diseases or drugs and physiological processes.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Action in an opposite direction. It applies to the action of muscles that act in a contrary direction to others. In estimating the force of muscles, this antagonism must be attended to.
By Robley Dunglison
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Opposition or contrariety, as between muscles or medicines.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Opposition of action; in anatomy, the opposing action of two muscles or sets of muscles; in physiology, a balance of opposed actions on particular organs or tissues; in pathology, the opposition exerted by one organism against another, either within or without the body. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Greek] Opposition of action ; contrariety of things or principles.
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