单词 | antagonization |
释义 | antagonizationn. Counteracting action or effect; active opposition. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > mutual antagony1643 conflictation1647 clashing1656 conflictiona1694 antagonism1716 antagonization1744 clash1782 1744 tr. H. Boerhaave Acad. Lect. Theory Physic III. 210 The Antagonization of the intercostal Muscles. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 259 We should not attribute the expulsion of the human fœtus wholly to that particular disposition of the matrix, by which its fibres.., and which through the previous periods are in a state of antagonization, become so affected as that [etc.]. 1840 Amer. Phrenol. Jrnl. Sept. 531 The highest perfection of the human mind..consists in the balance created and preserved by the antagonisation of some of its faculties. 1883 W. D. Howells Undiscov. Country II. 100 This question of antagonisation could be settled in a manner absolutely final. 1922 L. P. Anthony Dict. Dental Sci. 37/2 The dentist's instrument used in mounting artificial teeth in occlusion and articulation (antagonization). 2004 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 21 Oct. (Sports section) f9 177 pounds' worth of antagonization, he skates miles and ruffles feathers, takes long runs at every visitor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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