antipathies

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Antipathy \An*tip"a*thy\, n.; pl. Antipathies. [L. antipathia, Gr. ?; 'anti` against + ? to suffer. Cf. F. antipathie. See Pathos.]

1.Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste. [1913 Webster]

Inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments to others, are to be avoided.— Washington.[1913 Webster]

2.Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy. [1913 Webster]

A habit is generated of thinking that a natural antipathy exists between hope and reason.— I. Taylor.[1913 Webster]

Note: Antipathy is opposed to sympathy. It is followed by to, against, or between; also sometimes by for. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Hatred; aversion; dislike; disgust; distaste; enmity; ill will; repugnance; contrariety; opposition. See Dislike. [1913 Webster]

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