an·i·mos·i·ty

[an-uh-mos-i-tee]
noun, plural an·i·mos·i·ties.
a feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action: a deep-seated animosity between two sisters; animosity against one's neighbor.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English animosite (< Middle French) < Late Latin animōsitās. See animus, -ose1, -ity


hostility, unfriendliness, opposition, antagonism, animus, hatred.
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animosity (ˌænɪˈmɒsɪtɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -ties
a powerful and active dislike or hostility; enmity
 
[C15: from Late Latin animōsitās, from Latin animōsus spirited, from animus]

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animosity
mid-15c., "vigor," from Fr. animosite, from L. animositatem (nom. animositas) "boldness, vehemence," from animosus "bold, spirited," from animus (see animus). Sense of "hostile feeling" is first recorded c.1600, from a secondary sense in Latin (see animus).
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Example sentences
The relationship between the former collaborators has deteriorated into barely
  veiled animosity.
Alas, the obverse of this is an almost automatic animosity towards all
  outsiders.
They forget that coexistence rarely meant respect or equality, but also rarely
  meant violence and animosity.
In general, there is a lot of animosity on their side of the fence.
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