Antagonism : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Antagonism	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
antagonism n a state of deep-seated ill-will [syn: hostility, enmity, antagonism] the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors; "the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism" an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Antagonism \Antag"onism\, 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.