as in enemies
something or someone that is hated
cruelty to animals is one of my most deeply felt antipathies
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Davie’s successor will inherit an organization wrestling with its place in a media ecosystem dominated by overseas tech giants, as well as battling enemies closer to home, with conservative politicians and media proprietors wishing to see the BBC diminished during charter renewal.—
Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026
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Even paranoiacs have enemies, maybe rendering their paranoia a rational response.—
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Both nations boast vast petroleum reserves and extensive mineral wealth, long positioning themselves as anti-imperialist adversaries of the US.—
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See video … STEPHEN MILLER – Our adversaries can no longer use Venezuela to export terrorism worldwide.—
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For people with shark phobias—likely traumatized by movies like Jaws—such advances could help make getting in the water a little easier.—
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Mindshift - Helps teens and young adults gain insight into and basic skills to manage anxiety, including GAD, social anxiety, specific phobias and panic attacks.—
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As the representative for the armed wing of a human empire, you're tasked with subduing these Lovecraftian abominations and securing a foothold for humanity on alien worlds.—
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The Succession Wars took a much darker turn thanks to the development of not just Battlemechs but of horrible flesh and steel monsters called abominations.—
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Love, the middle film, may be the highlight — a continually surprising drama about co-workers, one a straight woman and the other a gay man, who find their aversions to commitment getting challenged over the course of a summer.—
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According to a December 1997 interview with Cameron, both DiCaprio and Winslet initially had aversions to it early on.—
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“Antipathies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antipathies. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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