D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Antiperistasis

/(ăn`tĭ*pē̇*rĭs"tȧ*sĭs)/ · An·ti·pe·ris·ta·sis · IPA
01 n. Opposition by which the quality opposed acquires strength; resistance or reaction roused by opposition or by the action of an opposite prin…
  1. 1.
    Opposition by which the quality opposed acquires strength; resistance or reaction roused by opposition or by the action of an opposite principle or quality.