a feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action: a deep-seated animosity between two sisters; animosity against one's neighbor.
Origin of animosity
1400–50; late Middle English animosite (<Middle French ) <Late Latin animōsitās.See animus, -ose1, -ity
Conservatives have long lobbied for the Postal Service to give way to private and market options and now, the president’s animosity to mail-in voting has fueled conspiracy theories that he is trying to suppress votes.
Info About Local Post Office Operations Is Conflicting and Hard to Come By|Ashly McGlone and Kate Nucci|August 27, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Since 1994, Pew Research Center has asked Americans about the amount of partisan animosity they held.
What Happened In Portland Shows Just How Fragile Our Democracy Is|Maggie Koerth (maggie.koerth-baker@fivethirtyeight.com)|August 5, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
But the animosity between the community and law enforcement is nothing new.
Ferguson Shows a Nation at War With Itself|Roland S. Martin|August 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Is it weird to see all the current animosity between the U.S. and Russia now?
'Archer Creator Adam Reed on 'Vice,' Season 6's 'Unreboot,' and New Characters|Marlow Stern|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The result created quite a bit of “animosity and bad blood.”
How Eric Cantor Sabotaged Himself|Ben Jacobs, Tim Mak|June 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is this mindless atrocity, driven by both avarice and animosity, that is at play in the film.
Holocaust Horrors Haunt the Films ‘Ida’ And ‘The German Doctor’|Jack Schwartz|May 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But animosity started in the1920s, with Jewish-Arab clashes.
Jaffa: A Tale Of Two Lands|Lauren Gelfond Feldinger|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The house of lords meanwhile was not free from animosity and contention.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II.|Tobias Smollett
He has some reason for his animosity to all the men, and to one woman of your family.
Clarissa, Volume 5 (of 9)|Samuel Richardson
The animosity with which the patrician order was regarded was inflamed by the arts and the eloquence of Seymour.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
When he opposed the purchase of Louisiana it looks as if he allowed his animosity for Jefferson to put his judgment in chancery.
Little Journeys To the Homes of the Great, Volume 3 (of 14)|Elbert Hubbard
Japan did not desire either to increase the animosity of her enemy or to lose the sympathy of her allies.
Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan|Pter Vay
British Dictionary definitions for animosity
animosity
/ (ˌænɪˈmɒsɪtɪ) /
nounplural-ties
a powerful and active dislike or hostility; enmity
Word Origin for animosity
C15: from Late Latin animōsitās, from Latin animōsus spirited, from animus