antilove
English
Etymology
anti- + love
Adjective
antilove (comparative more antilove, superlative most antilove)
- Opposing love.
- 1974, J. Richard Udry, The social context of marriage, page 149:
- Mowrer, Truxal and Merrill, and Groves all take what are essentially antilove positions.
- 1984, Memphis State University. Dept. of English, Interpretations, Volume 15, page 35:
- 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.
- 1996, Amy K. Kaminsky, Water lilies, page 371:
- Like her religious verse, the antilove poems cannot be categorized as autobiographical.
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Translations
opposing love
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Anagrams
- Olivetan, Ovaltine, levation, velation