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"Antagonistic" plants have a negative effect on one another.
Chapter 6 1993
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Anyway, they have a NPC attitude track very familiar to 3e/4e D&D players – Opposed, Antagonistic, Neutral, Friendly, Enamored.
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"Antagonistic would be too strong," DeKay says, "but the tension is always there because the underlying theme here is trust: At any time, he can run, and we're both aware of that."
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Antagonistic forces and influences are ever at work to modify and shape
Valedictory to Faculty, President and Class,May 20th 1858 2008
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Antagonistic fixation on high ranking individual + Wild inappropriate laughter + No analysis =???
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Antagonistic rationality is an aspect of any authoritarian political culture.
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Antagonistic to her daughter, Bella does all she can to undermine and humiliate her (a rerun of The Ball).
Irène Némirovsky: The Dogs & the Wolves Coetzee, J.M. 2008
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Normally unable to disguise his boredom at such events -- a smirk often lurks beneath the smile -- the president seemed to almost relish them this time, even high-fiving members of a press corps he is convinced is the Coalition of the Antagonistic.
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The highlight, however was an article in the Humanist: a magazine of critical inquiry and social concern called “Creative Controversy: Overcoming Antagonistic Atheism to Recast the Image of Humanism.”
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To defeat the one and help the other, she had to learn about their Elements, and at that point it made little sense to skip learning about the Antagonistic Element to her own, Water.
Phoenix And Ashes Lackey, Mercedes 2004
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