🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

विरोधी संबंध

Pronunciation / Transliteration: virodhi sambandh

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Antagonistic relationship/ænˌtæɡ.əˈnɪs.tɪk rɪˈleɪ.ʃən.ʃɪp/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"दोनों देशों के बीच एक विरोधी संबंध है।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A connection between two or more parties characterized by active hostility, opposition, or mutual resistance.

    "The diplomatic talks collapsed due to the deeply antagonistic relationship between the two nations."
  2. 2

    In ecology or biology, an association between organisms in which one benefits at the expense of another or both experience hindrance.

    "Parasitism is a classic example of an antagonistic relationship in natural ecosystems."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'antagonistic', derived from the Greek 'antagonistēs' (opponent, competitor) via Late Latin, with 'relationship', formed from 'relate' (Latin 'relatus') and the Germanic suffix '-ship'. It entered modern sociological and psychological discourse in the 20th century to describe sustained interpersonal or systemic opposition.

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