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antipathy

antipathy Antipathy is a strong, deep-rooted dislike toward some object, usually another person, that is felt as unreasoning or hard to explain.

Antipathy is a strong, deep-rooted dislike toward some object, usually another person, that is felt as unreasoning or hard to explain. In this historical source, it is described as more intense than ordinary aversion and as arising either from associations of ideas or from inherited predisposition.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Antipathy” (Antipathy).
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