antipathy
noun
a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion.
antipathies
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pluralof antipathy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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My list of unreasonable antipathies includes mourning doves and Argus C3 cameras.
From Washington Post ● May 8, 2022
Put aside the irony of a charge of anti-Semitism hurled against a writer for whom anti-Semitism was one of his most visceral antipathies.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2021
Americans like to think about how Pearl Harbor came and we as a country put our antipathies and hatreds aside for a moment to cooperate in defeating Hitler and Mussolini.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2020
We wish you the best in your affections and antipathies.
From Fox News ● Dec. 9, 2019
But unimpressionable natures are not so soon softened, nor are natural antipathies so readily eradicated.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
