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hostility

[ho-stil-i-tee]

noun

plural

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

    Synonyms: , , ,
    Antonyms:
  2. a hostile act.

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

  4. hostilities,

    1. acts of warfare.

    2. war.

    Synonyms: ,
    Antonyms:


hostility

/ ɒˈɪɪɪ /

noun

  1. enmity or antagonism

  2. an act expressing enmity or opposition

  3. (plural) fighting; warfare

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • nonhostility noun
  • overhostility noun
  • prehostility noun
  • semihostility noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hostility1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English hostilite, from Latin Dzī, from Dzī() ( hostile ) + - -ity
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Both sides had been building toward this moment for years — a city famous for embracing the immigrant experience and a White House that had made hostility toward those here illegally a hallmark of its agenda.

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But the robot’s confusion, and the animal’s hostility, soon dissolve into a mutual understanding.

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"That is a notion that is in hostility to all of our shared constitutional values."

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“Our monster is their own perception of hostility,” he said.

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Prior to the Israel-Gaza war, Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group had engaged in more than a year of cross-border hostilities that culminated in an intense Israeli bombing campaign and ground incursion into southern Lebanon.

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