Word
antipathy
Phoneticsan·tipa·thy
US/ænˈtɪpəθi/
UK/æntˈɪpəθˌi/
Definition
n. a strong dislike or opposition to someone or something. It is a very formal word for a feeling of deep hatred or anger.
n. a strong feeling of opposition, hostility, or aversion. Often used in formal or literary contexts to describe a deep-seated dislike.
Examples
“He has a natural antipathy toward loud noises.”
“The politician's antipathy toward the new tax law led him to vote against the entire proposal.”
“The novel explores the protagonist's growing antipathy toward the social elite, eventually leading him to abandon his inheritance and live in the countryside.”
Examples
simple
“He has a natural antipathy toward loud noises.”
contextual
“The politician's antipathy toward the new tax law led him to vote against the entire proposal.”
complex
“The novel explores the protagonist's growing antipathy toward the social elite, eventually leading him to abandon his inheritance and live in the countryside.”
Real-World Examples
“Research shows that people who hold Christian nationalistic beliefs tend to, on average, also show antipathy toward religious minorities and racial and ethnic minorities , as well as have sexist and anti-democratic attitudes .” “The czarina was unpopular from the start, with both Russian aristocrats and everyday citizens criticizing her German origins and seeming antipathy toward her role as consort.” Etymology
PIE word *h₂énti Borrowed from Middle French antipathie (“deep dislike; object of dislike; incompatibility between things”) (modern French antipathie (“dislike, antipathy”)), and from its etymon Latin antipathīa (“counteraction; natural aversion, antipathy”), from Ancient Greek ἀντῐπάθειᾰ (antĭpátheiă, “suffering instead”), Koine Greek ἀντῐπάθειᾰ (antĭpátheiă, “contrary affection; contrast; counteraction; opposition”), from ἀντῐπᾰθής (antĭpăthḗs, “(adjective) felt mutually; in return for suffering; (noun) remedy for suffering”) (from ἀντι- (anti-, prefix meaning ‘against’) + πᾰ́θος (pắthos, “death; disaster; misfortune; pain; suffering; strong feeling, emotion, passion, pathos”) (further etymology uncertain, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- (“to bind; a bond”) or kʷendʰ- (“to endure; to suffer”)) + -ης (-ēs, suffix forming third-declension adjectives)) + -ειᾰ (-eiă, suffix forming feminine adjectives and nouns).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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