Antonyms for antagonism

Grammar : Noun

Spell : an-tag-uh-niz-uhm

Phonetic Transcription : ænˈtæg əˌnɪz əm

Definition of antagonism

Origin : 1797, from French antagonisme or directly from late Greek antagonisma, noun of action from antagonizesthai "to struggle against" (see antagonist).

noun causing problem; opposition

Example sentences :

The two men, formerly friends, were evidently in antagonism now.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

And stranger still—why should he put himself in antagonism to its success?
Extract from : « Address delivered by Hon. Henry H. Crapo, Governor of Michigan, before the Central Michigan Agricultural Society, at their Sheep-shearing Exhibition held at the Agricultural College Farm, on Thursday, May 24th, 1866 » by Henry Howland Crapo

There were other reasons for the antagonism of Plato to poetry.
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

We write from aspiration and antagonism, as well as from experience.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Despite this antagonism, there exists a deep attachment to the royal house.
Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel

There is a progression by antagonism of two opposite aspects of philosophy.
Extract from : « Meno » by Plato

Yet incidentally the antagonism between Socrates and the Sophists is allowed to appear.
Extract from : « Apology » by Plato

It was not a feeling of antagonism, exactly, but more of defiance, of obstinacy.
Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

His antagonism to his father spurred him to a prouder carriage.
Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini

For the once, Thayer had made no effort to avoid rousing his antagonism.
Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray

Synonyms for antagonism

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