antagonism

English

Etymology

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

Noun

antagonism (countable and uncountable, plural antagonisms)

a strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy
Their longstanding antagonism is manifested in frequent scuffles and shouting matches.

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Translations

strong dislike

Bulgarian: вражда́ (bg) f (vraždá), вражде́бност (bg) f (vraždébnost), антагони́зъм (bg) m (antagonízǎm)
Catalan: antagonisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 對抗 (zh), 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)

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

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