Deep-seated hatred, as between longtime opponents or rivals

• ill will

  1. Unfriendly feeling; enmity.

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  1. Unfriendly feeling; enmity.

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• hostility

  1. The state of being hostile; antagonism or enmity.
  2. A hostile act.
  3. Acts of war; overt warfare.

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  1. The state of being hostile; antagonism or enmity.
  2. A hostile act.
  3. Acts of war; overt warfare.

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• enmity

  1. Deep-seated, often mutual hatred.
  2. A feeling or state of hatred or animosity:

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  1. Deep-seated, often mutual hatred.
  2. A feeling or state of hatred or animosity:

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• antipathy

  1. Extreme dislike; aversion or repugnance.
  2. A feeling of aversion:

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  1. Extreme dislike; aversion or repugnance.
  2. A feeling of aversion:

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• animus

  1. A feeling of animosity; ill will.
  2. An attitude that informs one's actions; disposition or intention.
  3. In Jungian psychology, the masculine inner personality as present in women.

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  1. A feeling of animosity; ill will.
  2. An attitude that informs one's actions; disposition or intention.
  3. In Jungian psychology, the masculine inner personality as present in women.

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• animosity

  1. Bitter hostility or open enmity; active hatred.
  2. A hostile feeling or act.

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  1. Bitter hostility or open enmity; active hatred.
  2. A hostile feeling or act.

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The condition of being in conflict

• polarity

  1. Intrinsic polar separation, alignment, or orientation, especially of a physical property:
  2. An indicated polar extreme:
  3. The possession or manifestation of two opposing attributes, tendencies, or principles:

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  1. Intrinsic polar separation, alignment, or orientation, especially of a physical property:
  2. An indicated polar extreme:
  3. The possession or manifestation of two opposing attributes, tendencies, or principles:

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• opposition

  1. The act of opposing or resisting.
  2. The condition of being in conflict; antagonism:
  3. Placement opposite to or in contrast with another.

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  1. The act of opposing or resisting.
  2. The condition of being in conflict; antagonism:
  3. Placement opposite to or in contrast with another.

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• contrariness

  1. The state of being contrary

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  1. The state of being contrary

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• contrariety

  1. The quality or condition of being contrary.
  2. Something that is contrary.

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  1. The quality or condition of being contrary.
  2. Something that is contrary.

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• contraposition

  1. An opposite position; antithesis.

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  1. An opposite position; antithesis.

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• contradistinction

  1. Distinction by contrasting or opposing qualities.

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  1. Distinction by contrasting or opposing qualities.

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• contradiction

  1. The act or an instance of contradicting:
  2. The state of being contradicted:
  3. An inconsistency or discrepancy:

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  1. The act or an instance of contradicting:
  2. The state of being contradicted:
  3. An inconsistency or discrepancy:

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• antithesis

  1. Direct contrast; opposition.
  2. The direct or exact opposite:
  3. A figure of speech in which sharply contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in a balanced or parallel phrase or grammatical structure, as in

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  1. Direct contrast; opposition.
  2. The direct or exact opposite:
  3. A figure of speech in which sharply contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in a balanced or parallel phrase or grammatical structure, as in

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