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antiperistasis

CIDE DICTIONARY

antiperistasisn. [Gr. ; against + a standing around, fr. to stand around; around + to stand.].
     Opposition by which the quality opposed asquires strength; resistance or reaction roused by opposition or by the action of an opposite principle or quality.  [1913 Webster]

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