antilove

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adjective

Opposing love.

“She considered herself antilove because she never felt any romantic reactions.”

Scrabble 11

Meanings

adjectiveantilove (comparative more antilove, superlative most antilove)

comparative more antilove · superlative most antilove · alternative anti-love

  1. Opposing love.

    She considered herself antilove because she never felt any romantic reactions.

    3 more examples

    Mowrer, Truxal and Merrill, and Groves all take what are essentially antilove positions.

    1974, J. Richard Udry, The social context of marriage, page 149

    These two antagonists are not simply unloved; they are actively antilove, since they must destroy the love between Tristran and Isolt before they can hope to become loved.

    1984, Memphis State University. Dept. of English, Interpretations, Volume 15, page 35

    Like her religious verse, the antilove poems cannot be categorized as autobiographical.

    1996, Amy K. Kaminsky, Water lilies, page 371

Origin

Translations

Portuguese antiamor
  • antiamoropposing love

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