antipathy

[In Dan. anti path i; Dut. Ger. & Fr. antipathie Sp. & Ital. an tip at i a; Port. & Lat. anti path i a, from Gr. ἀντιπάθεια ( an tip a the i a ) = an opposite feeling, aversion; ἀντιπαθέω ( antipatheo ) = to have an aversion: ἀντί (anti) = against, and παθεῖν (pathein), 2 aor. inf. of πάσχω ( pascho ) = to suffer; also πάθος ( pathos ) = suffering, feeling.] A. Ordinary Language: 1. Of beings susceptible of emotion: The state of feeling exactly the contrary to what another feels; the opposite of sympathy. Antipathy may be strong or weak; it may be founded on contrariety of nature, and therefore be permanent; or it may arise from something local, conventional, or temporary, in which case it may pa away. The natural result of this pronounced contrariety of feeling is a drawing back from, an aversion to, a hatred of. Though really a distinct meaning from the former, the two are so closely connected that they are scarcely ever di evered. Antipathy is used (a) Of man to man. "Antipathy; ill will, viz., towards this or that particular individual."- Bowring : Bentham's Works, vc. 1., p. 218. " Antipathy or resentment requires always to be regulated, to prevent its doing mischief."- Ibid., vol. 1., p. 11. "The personal and perpetual antipathy he had for that family, " -Goldsmith : The Bee , No. viii. (b) Of man to any of the inferior animals, or of them to him, or to each other. "Antipathies are none. No foe to man Lurks in the serpent now the mother sees, And smiles to see, her infant's playful hand Stretch'd forth to dally with the crested worm, To stroke his azure neck, or to receive The lambent homage of his ansowy tongue." Cineper: Task , bik. vi. (c) Of man to an inanimate thing, or to what is abstract in place of concrete. "A man inay cry out against sin, of policy: but he cannot abhor it but by virtue of a godly antipathy against it."-Bunyan: The Pilgrim's Progre , pt. L Hatred is entertained against persons; antipathy is felt to persons or things; and repugnancy to actions which one is called on to perform. 2. Of inanimate things, or of abstractions: Mutual repulsion, as that of oil and water, or certain other chemical substances to each other, or figuratively, of good and evil. "All concords and discords of music are, no doubt, sympathies and antipathies of sounds."- Bacon : Nat. Hist., Cent. iii, § 278. "Another ill accident is, if the seed happen to have touched oil, or anything that is fat, for those substances have an antipathy with nourishment of water." -Ibid ., Cent. vii., § 669. "Ask you what provocation I have had? The strong antipathy of good to bad. When truth or virtue an affront endures, Th' affront is mine, my friend, and should be yours." Pope: Epilogue to Satires. Formerly antipathy might be followed by with ; now to , against , or for is used. (See the examples already given.) B. Technically : 1. Med.: Internal horror and distre on the perception of particular objects, with great restle ne or with fainting. (Copland: Dict. Pract . Med ., 1858.) 2. Painting: The mixing of incongruous colours, such as purple with yellow, or green with red, the result being that the brilliancy of the respective colours is destroyed and a very dark gray is produced.