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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Antipathy \An*tip"a*thy\, n.; pl {Antipathies}. [L. antipathia
Gr ?; ? against + ? to suffer. Cf F. antipathie. See
{Pathos}.]
1. Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or
dislike; repugnance; distaste.
Inveterate antipathies against particular nations,
and passionate attachments to others are to be
avoided. --Washington.
2. Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of
qualities; as oil and water have antipathy.
A habit is generated of thinking that a natural
antipathy exists between hope and reason. --I.
Taylor.
Note: Antipathy is opposed to {sympathy}. It is followed by
to against, or between; also sometimes by for
Syn: Hatred; aversion; dislike; disgust; distaste; enmity;
ill will repugnance; contrariety; opposition. See
{Dislike}.
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