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animosity

[an-uh-mos-i-tee]

noun, plural -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

Synonyms
hostility, unfriendliness, opposition, antagonism, animus, hatred.

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animosity (ˌænɪˈmɒsɪtɪ)

—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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