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antipathy Definition

an·tipa·thy (an tipə t̸hē)

noun pl. -·thies

  1. strong or deep-rooted dislike; aversion
  2. the object of such dislike
  3. Obsolete an opposition in character, nature, tendency, etc.

Etymology: L antipathia < Gr antipatheia < anti-, anti- + patheia < pathein, to suffer: see pathos

antipathy Synonyms

antipathy

n.

hostility, abhorrence, aversion; see aversion 1, hatred 1. See syn. study ataversion.

antipathy Usage Examples

Preposition: towards

  • provider: They will never deliver necessary reform because they have a deep-rooted antipathy toward private providers.
  • man: What is also clear is that any personal antipathy toward the man ought not predispose us to assume that he is guilty.

Converse of object

  • feel: Most of us feel a strong antipathy to the restoration of relations with such a perpetrator.
  • give: Given the present antipathy of much of Aston Villa's support, this was no small achievement.
  • have: Lord Craigavon replied: We have no antipathy whatever toward the Inst Free State.
  • grow: A Guardian leader warns of growing antipathy in politics.
  • share: Many of NMD's keenest supporters also share a strong antipathy toward arms control.
  • show: Abstention may show antipathy to the lot of them.

Preposition: for

  • protester: Some activists fear that police hold special antipathy for the male Korean protesters and will retaliate on them.

Adjective modifier

  • mutual: Apart from the mutual antipathy that existed between them, their lives took different directions.
  • deep: There is considerable and deep antipathy to the BNP by the majority of people.
  • strong: In fact there has been a strong antipathy toward them.
  • general: Considering the public's general antipathy toward journalists, the profession has come off surprisingly well in the movies.
  • natural: Here, surprisingly, as we glimpse his grief our natural antipathy toward the creator of this chaos turns in on itself.
  • personal: It appears that personal antipathy had been allowed to spring up.

Noun used with modifier

  • consumer: However, there is degree of consumer antipathy toward the medium.
antipathy Quotes

I share all your antipathy to the noisy Plebeian excursionist. Avisit to Ramsgate during the season and the vision of the crowded, howling sands has left in me feelings which all my Radicalism cannot allay. At the same time I think that the lower orders are seen unfavourably when enjoying themselves. In labour and trouble they are more dignified and less noisy.

—Chesterton, G(ilbert) K(eith)

Ask you what provocation I have had? The strong antipathy of good to bad.

—Pope, Alexander