An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
ANTAGONISM
antagonism
(noun) (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure
antagonism
(noun) an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility
antagonism
(noun) the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors; “the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism”
hostility, enmity, antagonism
(noun) a state of deep-seated ill-will
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
antagonism (countable and uncountable, plural antagonisms)
A strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy.
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Source: Wiktionary
An*tag"o*nism, n. Etym: [Gr. antagonisme. See Agony.]
Definition: Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles.
Note: We speak of antagonism between two things, to or against a thing, and sometimes with a thing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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