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English Dictionary: antipathies	by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Antipathy \Antip"athy\, n.; pl. {Antipathies}. [L. antipathia, Gr. [?]; [?] against + [?] to suffer. Cf. F. antipathie. See {Pathos}.] 1. Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste. Inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments to others, are to be avoided. --Washington. 2. Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy. A habit is generated of thinking that a natural antipathy exists between hope and reason. --I. Taylor. Note: Antipathy is opposed to {sympathy}. It is followed by to, against, or between; also sometimes by for. Syn: Hatred; aversion; dislike; disgust; distaste; enmity; ill will; repugnance; contrariety; opposition. See {Dislike}.