antipathy
Americannoun
plural
antipathies-
a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion.
- Synonyms:
- hatred, detestation, abhorrence, disgust
- Antonyms:
- attraction
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an instinctive contrariety or opposition in feeling.
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an object of natural aversion or habitual dislike.
noun
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a feeling of intense aversion, dislike, or hostility
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the object of such a feeling
Related Words
See aversion.
Other Word Forms
- antipathist noun
Etymology
Origin of antipathy
1595–1605; < Latin antipathīa < Greek antipátheia. See anti-, -pathy
Example Sentences
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Rin Ushiyama, a sociologist at Queen's University Belfast, says sympathy for Yamagami is largely rooted in "widespread distrust and antipathy in Japan towards controversial religions like the Unification Church".
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026
In any event, his campaign generated unprecedented enthusiasm, driving the largest turnout in a New York City election for 56 years — and also generated intense antipathy.
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025
Historian Tammy L. Kernodle puts the gospel-church influences of Brown in some context, though blaming Nathan’s antipathy toward something like Brown’s “Please, Please, Please” on his cultural background rather than good taste seems a stretch.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025
There was plenty of antipathy to go around here.
From Slate • Feb. 18, 2025
At the outset, he shared the university scientist’s traditional antipathy to the patent process, so redolent of commercialism and so distinctly unacademic.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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