antagonism

/æntˈæɡənˌɪzəm/ · 5 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a state of deep-seated ill-will
2. the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors
   “the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism”
3. an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility
4. (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure

Synonyms for antagonism

• hostility
• enmity

Words that rhyme with antagonism

• mechanism
• absolutism
• nationalism
• sensationalism
• anachronism
• criticism
• dynamism
• empiricism
• formalism
• humanism
• imperialism
• individualism
• modernism
• nihilism
• pluralism
• romanticism
• separatism
• stigmatism
• symbolism
• alcoholism
• astigmatism
• catechism
• chauvinism
• collectivism
• communism
• consumerism
• despotism
• egoism
• egotism
• electromagnetism