antagonism

[In Fr. an tag on is me; Port. antagonismo. From Gr. ἀνταγώνισμα (antagonism a) = a struggle with another.] [ANTAGONIZE.) Contest with; opposition to. (Often preceded by in, and followed by to.) "Trustees have abandoned their old attitude of exclusivene and antagonism ."-Times, Sept. 17, 1878. 16, 1878. pr. par. [ANTAGONIZE.] there is some antagonizing principle at work capable for a time of making head against the law. J. S. Mill: Pol. Econ . , bk. i, ch. xii., § 3. but the antagonizing agency, Ibid. ."