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antagonist

English

Etymology

From Latin antagonista, from Ancient Greek ???????????? (antag?nist?s, opponent) (???? (antí, against) + ????????? (ag?nist?s, a combatant, pleader, actor)), from ?????????????? (antag?nízesthai, antagonize).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æn?tæ??n?st/

Noun

antagonist (plural antagonists)

  1. An opponent or enemy.
    • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
      our antagonists in these controversies
  2. One who antagonizes or stirs.
  3. (biochemistry) A chemical that binds to a receptor but does not produce a physiological response, blocking the action of agonist chemicals.
    • 2001: The calcium antagonists represent one of the top ten classes of prescription drugs in terms of commercial value, with worldwide sales of nearly $10 billion in 1999. — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 41)
  4. (authorship) The main character or force opposing the protagonist in a literary work or drama.
  5. (anatomy) A muscle that acts in opposition to another.
    A flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.

Antonyms

  • protagonist
  • agonist (biochemistry)

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • stagnation

Danish

Noun

antagonist c (singular definite antagonisten, plural indefinite antagonister)

  1. (literature) antagonist

Declension

Synonyms

  • skurk

Further reading

  • “antagonist” in Den Danske Ordbog

Romanian

Etymology

From French antagoniste, from Latin antagonista.

Adjective

antagonist m or n (feminine singular antagonist?, masculine plural antagoni?ti, feminine and neuter plural antagoniste)

  1. antagonist

Declension

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bicuculine

English

Noun

bicuculine (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) A convulsant alkaloid, found in plants of the family Fumariaceae, that is a a light-sensitive competitive antagonist of GABA receptors

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