Definition of "hostility" []

• The state of being hostile; antagonism or enmity. See Synonyms at enmity. (noun)
• A hostile act. (noun)
• Acts of war; overt warfare. (noun)

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• "From the time MacDonald was admitted, his family felt that they had "to beg" staff to treat him, only to be met with what they described as "hostility"."
• "Jim asks, "If this hostility is anywhere near the typical Internet experience, is it any wonder that computing and IT are increasingly losing the women?""
• "We have here an unusual opportunity to appraise the human mind, or to examine, in Earth terms, the roles of good and evil in a man -- his negative side, which you call hostility, lust, violence, and his positive side, which Earth people express as compassion,"