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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
antagonist
 
SYLLABICATION:an·tag·o·nist
PRONUNCIATION:  n-tg-nst
NOUN:1. One who opposes and contends against another; an adversary. 2. The principal character in opposition to the protagonist or hero of a narrative or drama. 3. Physiology A muscle that counteracts the action of another muscle, the agonist. 4. Biochemistry A chemical substance that interferes with the physiological action of another, especially by combining with and blocking its nerve receptor.
OTHER FORMS:an·tago·nisticADJECTIVE
an·tago·nisti·cal·lyADVERB
 
 
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