antipathy

The Greek word antipatheia came to Latin as antipathīa, closest etymological antecedent of the term antipathy. This is how the aversion experienced towards a thing, a situation, a animal or an individual.

Antipathy, therefore, is a feeling generated by the rejection to something. That or that which is unfriendly is frowned upon.

The opposite of antipathy is sympathy. Whereas antipathy supposes animosity or abhorrence, sympathy represents an affective inclination.

There are multiple causes that can lead to the development of antipathy. Suppose a person is offended by a comment from a neighbor. From that episode, he begins to register an antipathy towards the other person. So try not to cross her or have to talk to her.

Take the case of an employee who believes that his boss does not value him and even reprimands him unfairly. This worker is forging an antipathy for his hierarchical superior, whom he hates for his attitude and by its provisions.

These examples show us situations in which the antipathy seems possible to justify, since it originates in acts of relative aggressiveness or lack of consideration. However, it can also arise from issues that are more difficult to explain, which fall into the category that in everyday speech we call "chemistry" or "skin" and which lead us to be more or less compatible with someone without knowing exactly why. .

The antipathy of many political leaders for the journalism is notorious. The rulers do not like that journalists remind them of their broken promises or that they mark the negative effects of their decisions. That is why they refuse to give interviews or often argue with press workers. In recent years, moreover, politicians have frequently turned to social media to express their antipathy to reporters and analysts.

This phenomenon is often used as the basis for jokes or comic situations in fiction, where journalists and reporters present themselves as voracious for information and incapable of showing compassion for the people they investigate. Something similar happens with lawyers, for example. However, treating them all equally is incurring a generalization. The good press is necessary to keep us informed, it gives us certain essential tools to defend ourselves against the corruption of our politicians, and it opens the window to all corners of the world.

Sometimes the shared antipathy can lead to a social movement or yet public act. Many subjects who dislike him President they can meet in a square to express their disagreement, to mention one possibility.

This is another type of antipathy that is used very frequently in comedy, but also in the field of television programs in which topics of general interest are dealt with with a tone that falls halfway between journalism and journalism. comedy. Laughing at your own political leaders is a matter cultural impossible to topple, which most people find unparalleled pleasure, in part because it can relieve the tension of being below another person at the hierarchical level, something that we experience since childhood with our parents, teachers and, more Go ahead, our employers.

The problem begins when the antipathy arises an absolute rejection by any act of the other party, to the point of passing through something those things with which we could agree. Since antipathy is a state and not a specific reaction, we conditions from the moment it arises until, in remote cases, it disappears.