ANTAGONIZE


Meaning of ANTAGONIZE in English

v.tr. (also -ise) 1 evoke hostility or opposition or enmity in. 2 (of one force etc.) counteract or tend to neutralize (another). antagonization n.

[ Gk antagonizomai (as ANTI-, agonizomai f. agon contest) ]

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