different between humiliation vs antipathy

humiliation

English

Etymology

From Middle French humiliation, from Late Latin humiliatio, from humiliare (to humiliate); see humiliate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hju??m?li?e???n/
  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

humiliation (countable and uncountable, plural humiliations)

  1. The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.
  2. The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.
    •     One morning Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln were having breakfast when Lincoln did something that aroused the fiery temper of his wife. What, no one remembers now. But Mrs. Lincoln, in a rage, dashed a cup of hot coffee into her husband's face. And she did it in front of the other boarders.
          Saying nothing, Lincoln sat there in humiliation and silence while Mrs. Early came with a wet towel and wiped off his face and clothes.

Synonyms

  • abasement
  • dishonor
  • embarrassment
  • mortification
  • shame

Antonyms

  • honor
  • exaltation

Related terms

  • humble
  • humiliate
  • humiliating
  • humility

Translations

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

From Late Latin humili?ti?.

Pronunciation

  • (mute h) IPA(key): /y.mi.lja.sj??/

Noun

humiliation f (plural humiliations)

  1. A humiliation, active or passive

Synonyms

  • abaissement

Related terms

  • humiliant

References

  • Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Further reading

  • “humiliation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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antipathy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (antipátheia), noun of state from ????????? (antipath?s, opposed in feeling), from ???? (antí, against) + root of ????? (páthos, feeling).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æn?t?p??i/
  • Hyphenation: an?tip?athy

Noun

antipathy (countable and uncountable, plural antipathies)

  1. A feeling of dislike (normally towards someone, less often towards something); repugnance or distaste.
    • 4 November 2016, Spencer Ackerman writing in The Guardian, 'The FBI is Trumpland': anti-Clinton atmosphere spurred leaking, sources say
      Deep antipathy to Hillary Clinton exists within the FBI, multiple bureau sources have told the Guardian, spurring a rapid series of leaks damaging to her campaign just days before the election.
    • June 1917, The National Geographic Magazine Volume 31, No. 6, Our State Flowers/The Sagebrush
      The sagebrush belongs to the composite family, and its immediate cousins are widely distributed. They are known as the artemisias, and there are a host of them, many with important uses in the economy of civilization. Artemisia absinthium is popularly known as wormwood; from it comes the bitter, aromatic liquor known as eau or crême d'absinthe. Many of its cousins grow in Asia and Europe, including the mugwort, used by the Germans as a seasoning in cookery; southernwood, used by the British to drive away moths from linen and woolens and to force newly swarmed bees, which have a peculiar antipathy for it, into the hive
  2. Natural contrariety or incompatibility

Usage notes

  • Prepositions: "antipathy" is followed by "to", "against", or "between"; also sometimes by "for".

Synonyms

  • (dislike): : hatred, aversion, dislike, disgust, distaste, enmity, ill will, repugnance, contrariety, opposition

Antonyms

  • sympathy

Related terms

  • antipathetic
  • antipathetical
  • antipathize

Translations

Further reading

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

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