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antipathies

[an-tip-uh-thee] Origin

an·tip·a·thy

[an-tip-uh-thee]
noun, plural -thies.
1.
a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion.
2.
an instinctive contrariety or opposition in feeling.
3.
an object of natural aversion or habitual dislike.

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

an·tip·a·thist, noun


1. disgust, abhorrence, detestation, hatred. See aversion.


1. attraction.

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Word Origin & History

antipathy
c.1600, from L. antipathia, from Gk. antipatheia, noun of state from antipathes "opposed in feeling, having opposite feeling," from anti- "against" + root of pathos "feeling" (see pathos). Related: Antipathetic (1630s); antipathic (1830, from Fr. antipathique).
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