Present participle of antagonise; causing or making someone become hostile or opposed through provocation.
Present participle of antagonise, formed with the suffix -ing, which comes from Old English -ing/-ung used to form gerunds and present participles.
In social psychology, 'antagonising behavior' is studied to understand how groups that once coexisted peacefully can drift into conflict—often through repeated patterns of provocation and counter-provocation!
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