Meaning and example
a feeling of intense dislike
The passage used "antipathy" to mean a feeling of intense dislike.
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 1.328 places antipathy in the common range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 91.2% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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affableCommon
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diffusing warmth and friendliness
incongruousCommon
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lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
quandaryCommon
- Known by
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a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
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Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
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