hostility

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Instead, race problems serve as an excuse for them to express their own hostility and frustrated need for power.

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Quick take

a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition; "he could not conceal his hostility"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of hostility gathered in one view.

noun

a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition; "he could not conceal his hostility"

noun

a state of deep-seated ill-will

noun

the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hostility.

noun

a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition; "he could not conceal his hostility"

noun

a state of deep-seated ill-will

noun

the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility"

noun

violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked

Example sentences

Instead, race problems serve as an excuse for them to express their own hostility and frustrated need for power.

There might be hostility and sneering between those groups, but what does it matter to you?It feels like the horrible mindset of sports fans, just within nerd circles.

Then again, the subject of life extension meets with so much hostility it's actually easy to argue that we as a culture are not ready for this yet.

I've never understood the absolute hostility some people have for a small div of advertising that you can easily ignore.

Their world view traps them right where they are and their rejection, resentment, and hostility to a better way of life creates their poverty and isolation.

In a recent discussion with a couple of other HNers, I found a surprising amount of hostility toward my suggestion that the state and its laws are mere means to an end.

In case you are genuinely wondering, a lot of the hate towards Microsoft stems from their historical hostility towards open standards[0] and open source[1].

The gameplay mechanics sometimes seem to encourage active hostility or selfishness between players, which seems clearly suboptimal.

But the implicit hostility towards mathematics that a lot of these articles demonstrate really makes me concerned about the influence it will have on the next generation of programmers.

It also explains Paypal's active hostility to many other business models, including money services businesses, third-party payment aggregators, and travel agents.