antipathy
noun
an·tip·a·thy
an-ˈti-pə-thē 
plural antipathies
1
: a strong feeling of dislike
an antipathy to taxes
a deep antipathy between the groups
2
: something disliked : an object of aversion
… perhaps his greatest antipathies were cabs, old women, doors that would not shut …—
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens3
obsolete
: opposition in feeling
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Examples of antipathy in a Sentence
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This antipathy to an alien influx is exacerbated by preaching from the domestic Left that Western culture is squalid, hypocritical, racist, and wrong.
—Hugo Gurdon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 June 2024
German fans have an antipathy to foreign investment, unlike, say, Newcastle United fans who donned makeshift Arabic dress when the club was taken over by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund.
—David Hellier, Bloomberg.com, 14 June 2024
He was enrolled at London School of Economics during a period of student unrest; his radical ideas prompted him to reject an establishment education and take a job washing dishes at Nippon, a Japanese restaurant frequented almost exclusively by Japanese customers due to lingering postwar antipathy.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2024
Post-Soviet Russia has a long history of meddling in post-Soviet Georgia, and most Georgians retain a deep antipathy to Moscow.
—Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 3 June 2024
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Hugo Gurdon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 June 2024
German fans have an antipathy to foreign investment, unlike, say, Newcastle United fans who donned makeshift Arabic dress when the club was taken over by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund.
—David Hellier, Bloomberg.com, 14 June 2024
He was enrolled at London School of Economics during a period of student unrest; his radical ideas prompted him to reject an establishment education and take a job washing dishes at Nippon, a Japanese restaurant frequented almost exclusively by Japanese customers due to lingering postwar antipathy.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2024
Post-Soviet Russia has a long history of meddling in post-Soviet Georgia, and most Georgians retain a deep antipathy to Moscow.
—Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 3 June 2024
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“Antipathy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antipathy. Accessed 27 Jun. 2024.
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antipathy
noun
an·tip·a·thy
an-ˈtip-ə-thē
plural antipathies
1
: a strong dislike
2
: a person or thing that arouses strong dislike
antipathetic
adjective
ˌant-i-pə-ˈthet-ik
Medical Definition
antipathy
noun
an·tip·a·thy
an-ˈtip-ə-thē
plural antipathies
1
: settled aversion or dislike
2
: an object of aversion
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