Associations to the word «Antagonism»

Wiktionary

ANTAGONISM, noun. A strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy.

Dictionary definition

ANTAGONISM, noun. A state of deep-seated ill-will.
ANTAGONISM, noun. The relation between opposing principles or forces or factors; "the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism".
ANTAGONISM, noun. An actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility.
ANTAGONISM, noun. (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats