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# antipathy

noun (antipathy, antipathies)

«antipathy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A strong feeling of dislike for someone or something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antipathy/#m1)
2. Something that a person strongly dislikes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antipathy/#m2)

### In the lessons

A formal word. In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, falling down the rabbit hole, Alice wonders if she will come out among «the Antipathies» – she means the Antipodes (people on the other side of the Earth, like Australia and New Zealand), and Carroll makes a joke by mixing up the two long words. In exam writing «antipathy» is a strong word for dislike. Phrases: «antipathy towards/to».

### Examples

- The cat has a deep antipathy towards the dog next door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antipathy/#x1)
- Alice thought she might come out among «the Antipathies». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antipathy/#x2)
- There was a long antipathy between the two families. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antipathy/#x3)
- I have an antipathy to cold porridge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antipathy/#x4)
- The Badger had a great antipathy to society and parties. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antipathy/#x5)
- Her antipathy to spiders began when she was little. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antipathy/#x6)

### Note

Said «an-TIP-uh-thee». Plural: antipathies. Opposite: sympathy. Do not mix up with «antipodes» (places on the opposite side of the Earth), which is Alice's joke.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «antipathy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antipathy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«antipathy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/antipathy.html) on Mova free.