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Hostility

//hɒˈstɪlɪti// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being hostile. uncountable

    "My resentment and anger towards you caused hostility and a division between us."

  2. 2
    violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked wordnet
  3. 3
    A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition. countable

    "As the revivals died down in the 1740s, the revivalist camp made concessions to their opponents, admonished prorevivalists who continued with the hostilities, and generally sought to heal divisions."

  4. 4
    a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition wordnet
  5. 5
    the feeling of a hostile person wordnet
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  1. 6
    a state of deep-seated ill-will wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English hostilitie, hostilite, from Old French hostilité, from Latin hostīlitās. By surface analysis, hostile + -ity.

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