Antipathy

n.	1.	Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste. Inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments to others, are to be avoided. - Washington.
	2.	Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy. A habit is generated of thinking that a natural antipathy exists between hope and reason. - I. Taylor.

Noun	1.	antipathy - a feeling of intense dislike Synonyms: aversion, distaste
	2.	antipathy - the object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided; "cats were his greatest antipathy"

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