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antagonistic, a.|ænˌtægəˈnɪstɪk|
[f. prec. + -ic.]
1. Of the nature of an antagonist; mutually opposed; actively opposed.
1632B. Jonson Magn. Lady iii. iv. (T.) Their valours are not yet so..truly antagonistick as to fight. 1843Mill Logic ii. iv. §6 The antagonistic action of acids and alkalies. 1859Mill Liberty 127 The progressive principle..is antagonistic to the sway of Custom. 1875Wood Therap. (1879) 260 That opium and belladonna are, in their influence upon the system, antagonistic. 1881M. Williams in 19th Cent. No. 49. 505 Innumerable antagonistic forces which confront each other in eternal opposition.
2. Phys. Said of the muscles which counteract each other's action.
1845Todd & Bowman Phys. Anat. II. 399 The action of the external and internal intercostals must be antagonistic. |