antipathy
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antipathy
- /ænˈtɪpəθi/ UK
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Borrowed from Middle French antipathie (“deep dislike; object of dislike; incompatibility between things”) (modern French antipathie (“dislike, antipathy”)), and from its etymon Latin antipathīa (“counteraction; natural aversion, antipathy”), from Ancient Greek ἀντῐπάθειᾰ (antĭpátheiă, “suffering instead”), Koine Greek ἀντῐπάθειᾰ (antĭpátheiă, “contrary affection; contrast; counteraction; opposition”), from ἀντῐπᾰθής (antĭpăthḗs, “(adjective) felt mutually; in return for suffering; (noun) remedy for suffering”) (from ἀντι- (anti-, prefix meaning ‘against’) + πᾰ́θος (pắthos, “death; disaster; misfortune; pain; suffering; strong feeling, emotion, passion, pathos”) (further etymology uncertain, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind; a bond”) or *kʷendʰ- (“to endure; to suffer”)) + -ης (-ēs, suffix forming third-declension adjectives)) + -ειᾰ (-eiă, suffix forming feminine adjectives and nouns).
noun antipathies
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Often followed by against, between, for, or to: a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance, normally towards a person and less often towards a thing, often without any conscious reasoning; aversion, distaste, hostility; (countable) an instance of this.
For of our Alphabet the .P. doth omenouſly begin / Of theſe this much diſtaſted Ranck, […] vvere other Rankes not free / Of Publique-vveales Antipathie, prooling and peruerſe, P.
Similar: contrariety, disgust, enmity, hatred, ill feeling, ill will, opposition · Opposite: sympathy
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Natural contrariety or incompatibility between things, as a result of which they negatively affect or oppose each other; (countable) an instance of this.
Oil and water have antipathy.
Opposite: sympathy
- A person or thing that one has a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance towards; an anathema, a bête noire, a bugbear. Let him be to thee, an Antipathy, / A thing thy nature ſvveates at, and turnes backvvard: […]
- A person or thing that has a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance towards another person or thing; a hater. And therefore having firſt vvith horror vveigh'd / VVhat tis to die, and to die yong, to part vvith / All pleaſures, and delights: laſtly, to goe / VVhere all Antipathies to comfort dvvell / Furies behind, about thee, and before thee, / […] let deſpayre / Preuent the hangmans ſvvord, and on this ſca
- The quality of being antipathetic: not easily united by grafting.
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noun (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance, often without any conscious reasoning; an instance of this — see also aversion, distaste, hostility
| Español | antipatía, aversión |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 厭悪感 en'okan, 反感 hankan, 嫌悪感 ken'okan |
| 中文 | 反感 fǎngǎn |
| Português | antipatia |
| Français | antipathie |
| Deutsch | Antipathie |
| Italiano | antipatia |
| Ελληνικά | αντιπάθεια antipátheia |
| Română | antipatie, aversiune |
| Русский | антипа́тия antipátija |
| العربية | مشاعر مناهضة |
| עברית | אנטיפתיה |
Talk about this word "antipathy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/antipathy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. antipathy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/antipathy "antipathy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/antipathy.Cite this
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title = {antipathy},
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