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animosity

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an⋅i⋅mos⋅i⋅ty

  [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.
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Origin:
1400–50; late ME animosite (< MF) < LL animōsitās. See animus, -ose 1 , -ity

Synonyms:
hostility, unfriendliness, opposition, antagonism, animus, hatred.
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an·i·mos·i·ty   (ān'ə-mŏs'ĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. an·i·mos·i·ties

  1. Bitter hostility or open enmity; active hatred.

  2. A hostile feeling or act. See Synonyms at enmity.


[Middle English animosite, from Old French, from Late Latin animōsitās, courage, from Latin animōsus, bold, from animus, soul, spirit; see anə- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

animosity 
1432, "vigor," from L. animositatem (nom. animositas), from animosus "bold, spirited." Sense of "hostile feeling" is first recorded 1605, from a secondary sense in L. (see animus).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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