Definition of antagonism

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Hostility that results in active resistance, opposition, or contentiousness. See Synonyms at enmity.
The condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor: the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism.
Biochemistry Interference in the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure.

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