ETYM Greek, to struggle against; anti against + agon contest: cf. French antagonisme. Related to Agony.
1. Being an opposing principle or force or factor.
2. An actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility.
3. (Biochemistry) Interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure.
1. Uzajamna netrpeljivost, suparništvo, neprijateljstvo; trvenje zbog suprotnosti interesa i mišljenja.
2. Sukob (npr. klasni antagonizam proletarijata i buržoazije).
3. Oprečnost, suparništvo; suprotna težnja, delanje u suprotnom smislu, suprotnost, protivnost; neprijateljstvo; borba, trvenje.
Rivalstvo, rivalitet.