Antipathy Definition

ăn-tĭpə-thē
antipathies
noun
antipathies
Extreme dislike; aversion or repugnance.
American Heritage
Strong or deep-rooted dislike; aversion.
Webster's New World
A feeling of aversion.
Longstanding antipathies between two nations.
American Heritage
The object of such dislike.
Webster's New World
An opposition in character, nature, tendency, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Antipathy

Noun

Singular:
antipathy
Plural:
antipathies

Origin of Antipathy

  • From Ancient Greek ἀντιπάθεια (antipatheia), noun of state from ἀντιπαθής (antipathes, “opposed in feeling”), from ἀντί (anti-, “against”) + root of πάθος (pathos, “feeling”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin antipathīa from Greek antipatheia from antipathēs of opposite feelings anti- anti- pathos feeling pathos

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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