Meanings
noundisliking (plural dislikings)
plural dislikings
- gerundgerund of dislike: a dislike.
The likings and dislikings of society, or of some powerful portion of it, are thus the main thing which has practically determined the rules laid down for general observance, under the penalties of law or opinion.
1859, John Stuart Mill, “Introductory”, in On Liberty, London: John W[illiam] Parker and Son, […], →OCLC, page 17
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of dislike
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