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Antagonism
is hostility that results in active resistance, opposition, or contentiousness.
Additionally, it may refer to:
Antagonism (chemistry)
, where the involvement of multiple agents reduce their overall effect
Antagonism (philosophy)
, a principle, force or factor that is an active resistance, opposition, or contentiousness
Antagonism (pharmacology)
, when a substance binds to the same site an agonist would bind to without causing activation of the receptor
Antagonism (phytopathology)
, the action of any microbes that suppresses the activity of a plant pathogen.
See also
Antagonist (disambiguation)
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