inimical

inimical (ɪˈnɪmɪk^əl)

—*adj*
1.	adverse or unfavourable
2.	not friendly; hostile

[C17: from Late Latin inimīcālis, from inimīcus, from in-¹ + amīcus friendly; see enemy]

in'imically

—*adv*

in'imicalness

—n

inimi'cality

—n

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inimical

1643, from L.L. inimicalis "hostile," from L. inimicus "unfriendly, an enemy" (see enemy).

Example sentences

Participation is also a necessary component, as apathy and abstention are inimical to democracy.

There was an instinctive understanding among those moviemakers that spectacle was inimical to comedy.

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Related Words

hostile adverse cold inimitable

inimitable opposite unfriendly

Matching Quote

"What is wanted—whether this is admitted or not—is nothing less than a fundamental remolding, indeed weakening and abolition of the individual: one never tires of enumerating and indicting all that is evil and inimical, prodigal, costly, extravagant in the form individual existence has assumed hitherto, one hopes to manage more cheaply, more safely, more equitably, more uniformly if there exist only large bodies and their members."

-Friedrich Nietzsche