Dictionary Definition
antipathy
Noun
2 the object of a feeling of intense aversion;
something to be avoided; "cats were his greatest antipathy"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
- From αντιπάθεια antipatheia, noun of state from αντιπαθές antipathes "opposed in feeling", from αντί-- anti- "against" + root of πάθος pathos "feeling".
Pronunciation
- /ænˈtɪpəθi/, /
Extensive Definition
Antipathy is dislike for
something or somebody, the opposite of sympathy. While antipathy may
be induced by previous experience, it sometimes exists without a
rational cause-and-effect explanation being present to the
individuals involved.
Thus, the origin of antipathy
has been subject to various psychological explanations,
which some people find convincing and others regard as highly
speculative. Sigmund
Freud has treated this subject.
"A woman may very well form a
friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted
by a little physical antipathy," said Friedrich
Nietzsche
In astrology
In astrology, antipathy is the
conflict in the natal horoscopes of two people who
feel an aversion to each other. This relates to the concept of
synastry, which means
that according to astrologists beliefs, two person's horoscopes can
be compared to see how compatible or incompatible they are likely
to be towards each other.
Astrologic theory claims the
following: The karmic implications of antipathy can explain why
people fall in love, marry,
fall out of love, and then divorce. Because they have
agreed to meet up in this life to resolve a karmic or dharmic
issue, they must initially be attracted to one another, so there
will inevitably be correlations in the horoscope that will cause
them to be attracted to one another. For those individuals who fall
in love and want to marry, there must be strong stabilising
influences in the comparison of the chart to indicate they would
like to have a stable relationship
with some permanence in it. As the relationship progresses, other
facets of their personality will manifest though aspects, and it is
these aspects will determine the success or failure of the
relationship.
antipathy in German:
Antipathie
antipathy in Italian:
Antipatia
antipathy in Portuguese:
Antipatia
antipathy in Slovak:
Antipatia
antipathy in Serbian:
Антипатија
antipathy in Swedish:
Antipati
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Anglophobia, Russophobia, abhorrence, abomination, allergy, anathema, animosity, animus, antagonism, anti-Semitism,
antithesis, averseness, aversion, avoidance, backlash, backwardness, bad blood,
belligerence,
bigotry, clash, clashing, cold sweat, collision, competition, conflict, confrontation, confutation, contention, contradiction, contradistinction,
contraindication,
contraposition,
contrariety,
contrariness,
contrast, counteraction, counterposition,
counterworking,
crankiness, creeping
flesh, cross-purposes, crotchetiness, cursoriness, despitefulness, detestation, disaccord, disagreement, discrepancy, disgust, disinclination, dislike, disobedience, disrelish, dissension, dissent, distaste, enmity, escape, eschewal, evasion, execration, foot-dragging,
fractiousness,
friction, grudging
consent, grudgingness, hate, hatred, horror, hostility, inconsistency, indisposedness, indisposition, indocility, inimicalness, interference, intractableness,
kick, lack of enthusiasm,
lack of zeal, loathing,
malevolence,
malice, malignity, misandry, misanthropy, misogyny, mortal horror,
mutinousness,
nausea, negativeness, nolition, nonconformity, noncooperation, obstinacy, odium, oppositeness, opposition, opposure, oppugnance, oppugnancy, peeve, perfunctoriness,
perverseness,
perversity, pet
peeve, phobia, polarity, quarrelsomeness, race
hatred, racism, rancor, reaction, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, recoil, refractoriness, refusal, reluctance, renitence, renitency, repellency, repercussion, repugnance, repulsion, resistance, revolt, rivalry, showdown, shuddering, slowness, spite, spitefulness, stubbornness, sulk, sulkiness, sulks, sullenness, swimming
upstream, uncooperativeness,
unenthusiasm,
unwillingness,
vials of hate, vials of wrath, vying, xenophobia