Hostility and Rivalry

Hostility

Hostility noun - A deep-seated ill will.

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Rivalry and hostility are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rivalry" instead a noun "Hostility".

Nearby Word: hostile

Rivalry noun - An earnest effort for superiority or victory over another.

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Hostility and rivalry are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hostility" instead a noun "Rivalry".

Nearby Word: rival

long	long hostility	long rivalry
natural	natural hostility	natural rivalry
initial	initial hostility	initial rivalry
genuine	genuine hostility	genuine rivalry
Other adjectives: deep, notorious, actual, entire, real, constant, violent, great, intense, bitter, personal, unspoken, mutual, escalating, previous, longstanding.

They inhabit a university full of oddballs and pervaded by seething academic rivalry fuelled by overlarge egos where Faculty members exist in an atmosphere of icily polite mutual hostility.

Source: Fanfic / The Many Worlds Interpretation
Patton's commander, Eisenhower, thought the man was Ax-Crazy and liable to screw up the Alliance with his rivalry with Montgomery and his open hostility towards the Soviet Union.

Source: Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
He holds a deep hatred towards his father for making him what he is today; his initial hostility towards Kyo stems from their clan rivalry, and Iori figured that killing Kyo (his father's intention apparently) would end his suffering.

Source: Sarcastic Confession

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