Etymology
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From French animosité, from Latin animositas (“courage, spirit, vehemence”), from animosus, from animus (“courage, spirit, mind”); see animose, animate, transitive verb.
Pronunciation
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animosity (countable and uncountable, plural animosities)
- Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.
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Translations
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violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike
- Belarusian: варо́жасць f (varóžascʹ)
- Bulgarian: вражде́бност (bg) f (vraždébnost), неприя́зън (bg) f (neprijázǎn)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 敵意/敌意 (zh) (díyì)
- Czech: nepřátelství (cs) n, odpor (cs) m, animozita (cs) f
- Dutch: verbittering (nl) f
- Esperanto: malamikeco
- Finnish: vihamielisyys (fi)
- French: animosité (fr) f
- German: Hass (de) m, Abneigung (de) f, Animosität (de) f
- Greek: εχθρότητα (el) f (echthrótita), έχθρα (el) f (échthra), μένος (el) n (ménos)
- Italian: picca (it) f, ripicca (it) f, acrimonia (it) f
- Japanese: 敵意 (ja) (てきい, tekii)
- Korean: 적의 (ko) (jeogui)
- Macedonian: неприја́телство n (neprijátelstvo)
- Maori: ahikauri, taraweti, ngaukino
- Polish: animozja (pl) f, wrogość (pl) f, ansa (pl) f
- Portuguese: animosidade (pt) f
- Romanian: animozitate (ro) f
- Russian: вражде́бность (ru) f (vraždébnostʹ), неприя́знь (ru) f (neprijáznʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: анимозитет m
- Roman: animozitet (sh) m
- Slovak: nepriateľstvo n
- Spanish: animosidad (es) f, animadversión (es) f
- Tok Pisin: pasin birua
- Turkish: husumet (tr), muhasamat (tr) (archaic), düşmanlık (tr)
- Ukrainian: воро́жість f (voróžistʹ)
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