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antipathy

American  
[an-tip-uh-thee] / ænˈtɪp ə θi /

noun

plural

antipathies

  1. a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion.

    Synonyms:
    hatred, detestation, abhorrence, disgust
    Antonyms:
    attraction

  2. an instinctive contrariety or opposition in feeling.

  3. an object of natural aversion or habitual dislike.

antipathy British  
/ ænˈtɪpəθɪ /

noun

  1. a feeling of intense aversion, dislike, or hostility

  2. the object of such a feeling

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Related Words

See aversion.

Other Word Forms

  • antipathist noun

Etymology

Origin of antipathy

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

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