HOSTILITY


Meaning of HOSTILITY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ hɒstɪlɪti ]

1.

Hostility is unfriendly or aggressive behaviour towards people or ideas.

The last decade has witnessed a serious rise in the levels of racism and hostility to Black and ethnic groups...

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2.

Your hostility to something you do not approve of is your opposition to it.

There is hostility among traditionalists to this method of teaching history.

N-UNCOUNT : usu N to/towards n

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