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antipathy (n.)

c. 1600, "natural aversion, hostile feeling toward," from Latin antipathia, from Greek antipatheia, abstract noun from antipathes "opposed in feeling, having opposite feeling; in return for suffering;" also "felt mutually," from anti "opposite, against" (see anti-) + pathein "to suffer, feel" (from PIE root *kwent(h)- "to suffer").

An abuse has crept in upon the employment of the word Antipathy. ... Strictly it does not mean hate,—not the feelings of one man set against the person of another,—but that, in two natures, there is an opposition of feeling. With respect to the same object they feel oppositely. [Janus, or The Edinburgh Literary Almanack, 1826]

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Definitions of antipathy from WordNet

antipathy (n.)
a feeling of intense dislike;
Synonyms: aversion / distaste
antipathy (n.)
the object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided;
cats were his greatest antipathy
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