An-tăg'o-nīsm, n.

n. [Fr. antagonisme, N. Lat. antagonismus, from Gr. ἀνταγωνίζεσθαι, to struggle against, from ἀντί, against, and ἀγωνίζεσθαι, to contend or struggle, from ἀγών, contest. See AGON.] Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles. Good.