antipathy

[ an-tip-uh-thee ]

/ ænˈtɪp ə θi /

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noun, plural an·tip·a·thies.

a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion.

an instinctive contrariety or opposition in feeling.

an object of natural aversion or habitual dislike.

Nearby words

antiparasitic, antiparticle, antipasto, antipater, antipathetic, antipathy, antipedal, antipediculotic, antipeptic, antiperiodic, antiperistalsis

Origin of antipathy

1595–1605; < Latin antipathīa < Greek antipátheia. See anti-, -pathy

SYNONYMS FOR antipathy

1 disgust, abhorrence, detestation, hatred.

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ANTONYMS FOR antipathy

1 attraction.

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Related forms

an·tip·a·thist, noun

Synonym study

1. See aversion.

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Examples from the Web for antipathy

But what they do have in common, I think, is being told what to do: their antipathy to that.
After 30 Years of Growth, the Cowboy Poetry Festival Tries to Keep Its Pioneer Spirit|John L. Smith|February 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A little while ago I asked a Texas conservative I know to unpack the antipathy aroused by Cruz.
Why Does Ted Cruz Inspire Such Animosity?|David Frum|May 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The antipathy toward America in the Middle East continues even after the architects of the Iraq war have exited the stage.
Ten Iraq War Legacies|The Daily Beast|August 31, 2010|DAILY BEAST
There is, similar to the anger at the clothing the women dare to wear, an antipathy toward glamour.
Why We Despise Sex and the City|Choire Sicha|May 31, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Other Freedom Watch regulars share his antipathy to the union of the states.
Too Hot for Fox News|Michelle Goldberg|July 29, 2009|DAILY BEAST
He was particularly disliked by Macaulay, who never lost an opportunity of venting his antipathy by attacks upon him.
The Greville Memoirs (Third Part) Volume II (of II)|Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville
Moreover, he was intuitive enough to feel her antipathy toward him on purely general grounds.
The Street Called Straight|Basil King
Still further, there had begun to grow up at the North a political party whose sole bond of union was antipathy to slavery.
The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct, Volume I (of 2)|George Cary Eggleston
It occurred to me that once or twice I had seen her eyes fixed on Hungerford inquisitively, and not free from antipathy.
Mrs. Falchion, Complete|Gilbert Parker
Everybody can mark these errors; a few cannot overcome their antipathy, and so lose a great deal of pleasure.
Essays in Little|Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for antipathy

antipathy

/ (ænˈtɪpəθɪ) /

noun plural -thies

a feeling of intense aversion, dislike, or hostility

the object of such a feeling

Word Origin for antipathy

C17: from Latin antipathia, from Greek antipatheia, from anti- + patheia feeling

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antipathy

noun, plural an·tip·a·thies.

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