animosity
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Etymology [edit]
From French animosité, from Latin animositas (“courage, spirit, vehemence”), from animosus, from animus (“courage, spirit, mind”); see animose, animate, transitive verb
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animosity (plural animosities)
- Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.
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violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike
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References [edit]
- animosity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913