Antipathy is a related term of inconsistency.
As nouns the difference between antipathy and inconsistency
is that antipathy is contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste while inconsistency is the state of being inconsistent.
antipathy
Noun
(antipathies)
Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.
* Inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments to others, are to be avoided. --Washington.
Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy.
* A habit is generated of thinking that a natural antipathy exists between hope and reason. --I. Taylor.
Usage notes
* Prepositions: "antipathy" is followed by "to", "against", or "between"; also sometimes by "for".
Synonyms
* hatred, aversion, dislike, disgust, distaste, enmity, ill will, repugnance, contrariety, opposition
Antonyms
* sympathy
Related terms
* antipathetic
* antipathetical
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inconsistency
English
Noun
(inconsistencies)
The state of being inconsistent
(logic) an incompatibility between two propositions that cannot both be true
Synonyms
* contrariety,
* deviation,
* difference
* disagreement
* disparity
* disproportion
* disproportionateness
* dissimilarity
* dissonance
* divergence
* incongruity
* inconsonance
* inequality
* paradox
* unlikeness
* variance
Antonyms
* consistency
