different between enmity vs unlove

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French enemisté, ennemistié, from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *inim?cit?s, *inim?cit?tem, from Latin inim?cus (“enemy”); cognates: French inimitié, Portuguese inimizade, Spanish enemistad.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??n.m?.t?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??n.m?.ti?/

Noun

enmity (countable and uncountable, plural enmities)

1. The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 242e.

     Some later Muses from Ionia and Sicily reckoned it safest to weave together both versions and say that that which is is both many and one, held together by both enmity and amity.

2. A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity.

   • I merely repeat, remember always your duty of enmity towards Man and all his ways.

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Synonyms

Antonyms

• amity

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References

• enmity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• enmity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Notes:

English

Etymology 1

From un- (“not; lack of”) +? love (noun).

Noun

unlove (uncountable)

1. The lack, absence, or omission of love; lovelessness; enmity; neglect; hate.
   • 2005, David Deida, Blue Truth:

     Disgust, nausea, loathing—some aspects of yourself and others surely deserve such abhorrent gut responses. But disgust doesn't create suffering— recoil does. Separation is the act of unlove.

   • 2007, John Welwood, Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationships:

     How do you experience this sense of unlove in your body? Notice the specific quality of the bodily ... Then see if you can let the feeling of unlove be there just as it is, without trying to fix it, change it, or judge it.

   • 2011, Christopher Uhl, Teaching as if Life Matters:

     All the most intractable problems in human relationships can be traced back to “the mood of unlove,” a deep-seated suspicion most of us harbor ... The mood of unlove that Wellwood describes is pervasive in our culture.

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Etymology 2

From Middle English unloven, equivalent to un- (reversal prefix) +? love (verb).

Verb

unlove (third-person singular simple present unloves, present participle unloving, simple past and past participle unloved)

1. (transitive) To lose one's love (for someone or something).

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See also

• disenamour, fall out of love
• love, enamour, fall in love