antagonism

Noun
  1. A state of deep-seated ill-will (synset 114003773)
    is a type of: state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes
    subtypes:
    • latent hostility, tension - feelings of hostility that are not manifest
    • state of war, war - a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply
    • cold war - a state of political hostility between countries using means short of armed warfare
    • suspicion - the state of being suspected
    specific instances: cold war - a state of political hostility that existed from 1945 until 1990 between countries led by the Soviet Union and countries led by the United States
    same as: enmity, hostility
  2. The relation between opposing principles or forces or factors (synset 113882745)
    "the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism"
    is a type of: oppositeness, opposition - the relation between opposed entities
  3. An actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility (synset 107563832)
    is a type of:
  4. (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure (synset 101076176)
    referred to in: biochemistry - the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry
    is a type of: hinderance, hindrance, interference - the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding

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