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antipathy

[an-tip-uh-thee] / ænˈtɪp ə θi /


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Although, for his critics, his reputation was dented by his philosophical antipathy to regulation, and two great market crashes.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

"Your antipathy to the future of the show has come through loud and clear. And I have heard you," Bilton wrote in a termination letter late Tuesday, according to CBS News.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

“The Lost Boys,” a musical spun from Joel Schumacher’s 1987 horror comedy, won me over despite my antipathy to vampire schlock.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

It could learn from India, which jettisoned antipathy toward Israel in the early 1990s, at around the same time that it embraced a more market-based economic outlook.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

Or take Thomas Browne, who dismissed the garlic/magnet antipathy as ‘certainly false’ in 1646.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Last week, I wrote about what I call unreasonable antipathies.

From Washington Post May 8, 2022

Americans like to think about how Pearl Harbor came and we as a country put our antipathies and hatreds aside for a moment to cooperate in defeating Hitler and Mussolini.

From Slate Mar. 16, 2020

We wish you the best in your affections and antipathies.

From Fox News Dec. 9, 2019

One widely reproduced entry lists, in two vertical columns, Morton’s enthusiasms and antipathies.

From New York Times Aug. 29, 2018

But unimpressionable natures are not so soon softened, nor are natural antipathies so readily eradicated.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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