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[ho-stil-i-tee]

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noun, plural hos·til·i·ties.

a hostile state, condition, or attitude; enmity; antagonism; unfriendliness.

a hostile act.

opposition or resistance to an idea, plan, project, etc.

hostilities,

acts of warfare.

war.

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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English hostilite < Latin hostīlitās. See hostile, -ity

Related forms

non·hos·til·i·ty, noun

o·ver·hos·til·i·ty, noun

pre·hos·til·i·ty, noun, plural pre·hos·til·i·ties.

sem·i·hos·til·i·ty, noun

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

Antonyms
1. friendliness. 4. peace.

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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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hostility (hɒˈstɪlɪtɪ)

—n , pl -ties
1.	enmity or antagonism
2.	an act expressing enmity or opposition
3.	(plural) fighting; warfare

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Word Origin & History

hostility

1530s, from M.Fr. hostilité "enmity," from L.L. hostilitatem (nom. hostilitas) "enmity," from L. hostilis, from hostis "enemy."

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