different between instigator vs antagonist
instigator
English
Etymology
From Latin inst?g?tor (“stimulator”), from instig?re (present infinitive of ?nst?g? (“to incite, set on, stimulate, rouse or urge”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp, to stab; to puncture; to goad”)) + -or (from -? (“suffix forming masculine agent nouns”), from Proto-Indo-European *-h?onh?- (“suffix forming nouns denoting authority or burden”)); cognate with French instigateur.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??nst??e?t?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??nst???e?t?/, /-??/
- Hyphenation: in?sti?gat?or
Noun
instigator (plural instigators)
- A person who intentionally instigates, incites, or starts something, especially one that creates trouble.
- 1964, Albert Pepitone, “The Reaction to Boastfulness”, in Attraction and Hostility: An Experimental Analysis of Interpersonal and Self Evaluation (The Atherton Press Behavioral Science Series), New York, N.Y.: Atherton Press, OCLC 490312942; reprinted New Brunswick, N.J.: Aldine Transaction, Transaction Publishers, 2009, ?ISBN, page 77:
- In studies designed to arouse aggression, the instigator often not only threatens the subject, but also expresses an extremely high self-evaluation. Subjects are insulted about their intelligence, sexual attractiveness, and character, and, at the same time, the instigator implies or explicitly describes his own superiority in these respects.
- 1964, Albert Pepitone, “The Reaction to Boastfulness”, in Attraction and Hostility: An Experimental Analysis of Interpersonal and Self Evaluation (The Atherton Press Behavioral Science Series), New York, N.Y.: Atherton Press, OCLC 490312942; reprinted New Brunswick, N.J.: Aldine Transaction, Transaction Publishers, 2009, ?ISBN, page 77:
Alternative forms
- instigatour (obsolete, rare)
Synonyms
- inciter
- initiator
- troublemaker
Related terms
- instigate
- instigation
Translations
Latin
Verb
?nst?g?tor
- second-person singular future passive imperative of ?nst?g?
- third-person singular future passive imperative of ?nst?g?
References
- instigator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- instigator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- instigator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- instigator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Romanian
Etymology
From French instigateur
Noun
instigator m (plural instigatori)
- instigator
Declension
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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)
- An opponent or enemy.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- our antagonists in these controversies
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- One who antagonizes or stirs.
- (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)
- (authorship) The main character or force opposing the protagonist in a literary work or drama.
- (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)
- (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)
- antagonist
Declension
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