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Antipathy

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Name(s):

Opposition

Antagonism

Bumptiousness

Contemptuousness

Contrariety

Intransigence

Irreconcilability

Negation

Obstinacy

Recalcitrance

Rejection

Repulsion

Rivalry

Nature

Antipathy is a dislike for something or somebody, the opposite of sympathy. While antipathy may be induced by 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 philosophical and psychological explanations, which some people find convincing and others regard as highly speculative. The exploration of a philosophical aspect for antipathy has been found in an essay by John Locke, an early modern 17th century philosopher.

Source: Wikipedia

Claim

Washing your car to make it rain doesn't work.

Narrower

Unbridled competition

Unreported disagreement

Bureaucratic opposition

Frustration of the role of opposition

Trade union opposition to profit-sharing

Flawed opposition arising from personal bias

Religious opposition to public health practices

Elimination of opposition groups or individuals

Jurisdictional conflict among academic disciplines

Opposition to population control and family planning

Aggravates

Resentment

Harmful thought

Ineffective governmental use of nongovernmental resources

Aggravated by

Incompatibility

Idealism of opposition groups

Health hazards of irradiated food

Lack of integrated energy resource management

Strategy(ies)

Reconciling differences

Constructive resistance

Resisting

Being obstinate

Overcoming obstinacy

Undermining opposition

Reference(s)

Holmes, Oliver W: A Mortal Antipathy

Type

(B) Basic universal problems

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