Hating and Mean

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Mean and hating are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mean" instead an adjective "Hating".

Nearby Words: hate, hated, hater

Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.

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Hating and mean are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hating" instead an adjective "Mean".

Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

Her popularity and friends influence her to be mean to those "beneath her," and much of her conflict stems from hating the fact that this is so.

Source: Condescending Compassion
However, the a priori assumption that this is the case is most certainly an invocation of Logical Fallacies — for instance, hating a corny anti-drug PSA does not mean that one is a heroin addict.

Source: Don't Shoot the Message
Unfortunately, if the jokes are mean-spirited enough about their subjects in general, fans might mistake the creators for hating the subjects and, well, it can lead to Misaimed Fandom.

Source: Affectionate Parody

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