antilove

adj

Etymology

From anti- + love.

  1. inherited from *lubōn — “to love
  2. inherited from lufian — “to love
  3. inherited from loven
  4. derived from *lewbʰ- — “love, care, desire
  5. inherited from *lubō
  6. inherited from *lubu
  7. inherited from lufu
  8. inherited from love
  9. prefixed as antilove — “anti + love

Definitions

  1. Opposing love.

    • Mowrer, Truxal and Merrill, and Groves all take what are essentially antilove positions.
    • 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.
    • Like her religious verse, the antilove poems cannot be categorized as autobiographical.

The neighborhood

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