Hypertext Webster Gateway: "antipathy"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Antipathy \An*tip"a*thy\, n.; pl. {Antipathies}. [L. antipathia,
Gr. ?; ? against + ? to suffer. Cf. F. antipathie. See
{Pathos}.]
1. Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or
dislike; repugnance; distaste.

Inveterate antipathies against particular nations,
and passionate attachments to others, are to be
avoided. --Washington.

2. Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of
qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy.

A habit is generated of thinking that a natural
antipathy exists between hope and reason. --I.
Taylor.

Note: Antipathy is opposed to {sympathy}. It is followed by
to, against, or between; also sometimes by for.

Syn: Hatred; aversion; dislike; disgust; distaste; enmity;
ill will; repugnance; contrariety; opposition. See
{Dislike}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

antipathy
n 1: a feeling of intense dislike [syn: {aversion}, {distaste}]
2: the object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be
avoided; "cats were his greatest antipathy"


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