antipathy
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ə noun, plural an·tip·a·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.
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| —n , pl -thies | |
| 1. | a feeling of intense aversion, dislike, or hostility |
| 2. | the object of such a feeling |
| [C17: from Latin antipathia, from Greek antipatheia, from | |
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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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Example sentences
The parasite deftly knocks that antipathy out.
Such male antipathy towards rivals may be a mammalian universal.
Although their first reaction was mutual antipathy, the relationship soon blossomed into real-live, film-ready romance.
To abhor is to have a natural antipathy, and to show it by shuddering.
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