be antagonistic

be antagonistic
index collide (clash)

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  • Antagonistic — An*tag o*nis tic, Antagonistical An*tag o*nis tic*al, a. Opposing in combat, combating; contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces. {An*tag o*nis tic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] They were distinct, adverse, even antagonistic. Milman.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Antagonistic contradiction — (Chinese language: 矛盾; Pinyin: Máo dùn) is the impossibility of compromise between different social classes. The term is most often applied in Maoist theory, which holds that differences between the two primary classes, the working… …   Wikipedia

  • antagonistic pleiotropy — antagonistic pleiotropy. См. антагонистическая плейотропия. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • antagonistic — index adverse (hostile), antipathetic (oppositional), averse, contradictory, different, discordant …   Law dictionary

  • antagonistic to — index contrary Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • antagonistic muscle — n ANTAGONIST (a) * * * a muscle that counteracts the action of another muscle (the agonistic muscle). Called also antagonist …   Medical dictionary

  • antagonistic — (adj.) 1630s, from ANTAGONIST (Cf. antagonist) + IC (Cf. ic). Related: Antagonistical (1620s); antagonistically …   Etymology dictionary

  • antagonistic — counteractive, counter, *adverse Analogous words: opposing, resisting, withstanding, contesting, fighting, combating, conflicting (see RESIST): incompatible, discordant, *inconsonant: hostile (see corresponding noun at ENMITY): *antipathetic,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • antagonistic — [an tag΄ə nis′tik] adj. showing antagonism; acting in opposition antagonistically adv …   English World dictionary

  • Antagonistic pleiotropy hypothesis — The antagonistic pleiotropy hypothesis was first proposed by George C. Williams in 1957 as an explanation for senescence. [Williams, G.C. 1957. Pleiotropy, natural selection, and the evolution of senescence. Evolution 11:398–411.] Pleiotropy is… …   Wikipedia

  • antagonistic — adj. antagonistic to; towards (he is very antagonistic to us) * * * [ænˌtægə nɪstɪk] towards (he is very antagonistic to us) antagonistic to …   Combinatory dictionary

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