antagonist:

(plural: ‘antagonists‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘g’ is said with a ‘g’ sound as in “gun”; the word opposite in meaning: ‘protagonist‘.)

two antagonists arguing seriously

a person, group of people or organisation that is actively opposed to another person, group of people or organisation;

a person who talks about or behaves in a spiteful way to another person or group of people;

the main character in opposition to the hero, or the protagonist, in a story, play/drama, film; a villain,

two groups of antagonists
e.g.

In Superman comics and films, Superman is the protagonist and Lux Luther is the antagonist.

The Joker, The Riddler, Poison Ivy and Scarecrow are some of the antagonists in Batman stories, comics and films.

For the usage of ‘antagonist’ in medical science, please visit:

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/TreatingPain/story?id=4280358.

‘Antagonist’ is like a bad character (villain) and ‘protagonist’ is like a good character (hero) in a story. However, a hero could be an ‘antagonist’ to a villain.  Some of the ‘antagonists’ and ‘protagonists’ in some of the popular stories are: in the Superman story — the antagonist is Lux Luther and the protagonist is Superman; in Star Wars — the antagonist is Death Vader and the protagonist is Luke Skywalker and in Harry Potter — the antagonist is The Dark Lord Voldemort and the protagonist is Harry Potter.


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