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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: antipathia, from Greek, from antipathes 'of opposite feelings', from anti- ( ANTI-) + pathos 'experience'

antipathy

 noun
     
an‧tip‧a‧thy [uncountable]
formal a feeling of strong dislike towards someone or something
antipathy to/towards
a growing antipathy towards the government
antipathy between
There's always been a certain amount of antipathy between the two doctors.
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