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Antipathy (noun) means a strong feeling of dislike towards a person, or less often a thing, sometimes felt for no clear reason.

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1
A strong feeling of dislike towards a person, or less often a thing, sometimes felt for no clear reason.
"Deep antipathy to Hillary Clinton exists within the FBI, multiple bureau sources have told the Guardian, spurring a rapid series of leaks damaging to her campaign just days before the election." — Spencer Ackerman, ‘The FBI is Trumpland’: Anti-Clinton atmosphere spurred leaking, sources say (2016)
2
A natural clash between two things that makes them work against each other, or one case of this.
"Now between Mars and Luna, the one red, t'other white, the one hot, t'other cold and so forth, stands, as I have told you, a natural antipathy, or, as you say, hatred. Which antipathy their creatures do inherit." — Rudyard Kipling, A Doctor of Medicine (1910)
"Oil and water have antipathy."
3
Someone or something that you strongly dislike.
4
Someone or something that feels strong dislike towards another person or thing.
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Etymology

PIE word *h₂énti Borrowed from Middle French antipathie (“deep dislike; object of dislike; incompatibility between things”) (modern French antipathie (“dislike, antipathy”)), and from its etymon Latin antipathīa (“counteraction; natural aversion, antipathy”), from Ancient Greek ἀντῐπάθειᾰ (antĭpátheiă, “suffering instead”), Koine Greek ἀντῐπάθειᾰ (antĭpátheiă, “contrary affection; contrast; counteraction; opposition”), from ἀντῐπᾰθής (antĭpăthḗs, “(adjective) felt mutually; in return for suffering; (noun) remedy for suffering”) (from ἀντι- (anti-, prefix meaning ‘against’) + πᾰ́θος (pắthos, “death; disaster; misfortune; pain; suffering; strong feeling, emotion, passion, pathos”) (further etymology uncertain, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind; a bond”) or *kʷendʰ- (“to endure; to suffer”)) + -ης (-ēs, suffix forming third-declension adjectives)) + -ειᾰ (-eiă, suffix forming feminine adjectives and nouns).

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What is the meaning of antipathy?
"antipathy" (noun) means a strong feeling of dislike towards a person, or less often a thing, sometimes felt for no clear reason.
What is another word for antipathy?
Other words for "antipathy" include distaste, aversion.
What is the opposite of antipathy?
The opposite of "antipathy" is sympathy.
What are the different meanings of antipathy?
"antipathy" has 3 main meanings: 1. A strong feeling of dislike towards a person, or less often a thing, sometimes felt for no clear reason; 2. A natural clash between two things that makes them work against each other, or one case of this; 3. Someone or something that you strongly dislike.

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