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o⋅di⋅um

  [oh-dee-uhm]
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–noun
1. intense hatred or dislike, esp. toward a person or thing regarded as contemptible, despicable, or repugnant.
2. the reproach, discredit, or opprobrium attaching to something hated or repugnant: He had to bear the odium of neglecting his family.
3. the state or quality of being hated.
Origin:
1595–1605; < L: hatred, equiv. to od(isse) to hate + -ium -ium

Synonyms:
1. detestation, abhorrence, antipathy. 2. obloquy.

Antonyms:
1. love.
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o·di·um   (ō'dē-əm)   
n.  

  1. The state or quality of being odious.

  2. Strong dislike, contempt, or aversion.

  3. A state of disgrace resulting from hateful or detestable conduct.


[Latin, hatred; see od- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

odium 
1602, "fact of being hated," from L. odium "ill-will, hatred, offense," related to odi "I hate" (infinitive odisse), from PIE base *od- "to hate" (cf. Armenian ateam "I hate," O.N. atall, O.E. atol "dire, horrid, loathsome"). Meaning "hatred, detestation" is from 1654. Often in an extended form, e.g. odium theologicum "hatred which is proverbially characteristic of theological disputes" (1673).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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