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hos⋅til⋅i⋅ty

  [ho-stil-i-tee]
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–noun, plural -ties.
1. a hostile state, condition, or attitude; enmity; antagonism; unfriendliness.
2. a hostile act.
3. opposition or resistance to an idea, plan, project, etc.
4. hostilities,
a. acts of warfare.
b. war.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME hostilite < L hostīlitās. See hostile, -ity

Synonyms:
1. animosity, animus, ill will, hatred. 4. fighting, conflict.

Antonyms:
1. friendliness. 4. peace.
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hos·til·i·ty   (hŏ-stĭl'ĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. hos·til·i·ties
  1. The state of being hostile; antagonism or enmity. See Synonyms at enmity.
    1. A hostile act.
    2. hostilities Acts of war; overt warfare.
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Hostility

Hos*til"i*ty\, n.; pl. Hostilities. [L. hostilitas: cf. F. hostilit['e].]

1. State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity.

Hostility being thus suspended with France. --Hayward.

2. An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy.

We have showed ourselves generous adversaries . . . and have carried on even our hostilities with humanity. --Atterbury.

He who proceeds to wanton hostility, often provokes an enemy where he might have a friend. --Crabb.

Syn: Animosity; enmity; opposition; violence; aggression; contention; warfare.
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Language Translation for : hostility
Spanish: hostilidad,
German: die Feindschaft,
Japanese: 敵意
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hostility 
1531, from M.Fr. hostilité "enmity," from L.L. hostilitatem (nom. hostilitas) "enmity," from L. hostilis, from hostis "enemy." Hostile (adj.) is 1487, from M.Fr. hostile "of or belonging to an enemy," from L. hostilis. As a noun meaning "enemy" it originally (1838) was used in ref. to N.Amer. Indians opposed to whites.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: hos·til·i·ty
Pronunciation: hä-'stil-&t-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
: conflict, opposition, or resistance in thought or principle —hos·tile /'häs-t&l, -"tIl/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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