Animosity - Perspective - Prerogative

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an·i·mos·i·ty

/ˌænəˈmɒsɪti/ Show Spelled [an-uh-mos-i-tee] Show IPA

noun, plural an·i·mos·i·ties.

a feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action: a deep-seated animosity between two sisters; animosity against one's neighbor.

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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English animosite (< Middle French ) < Late Latin animōsitās. See animus, -ose¹ , -ity

 

Synonyms
hostility, unfriendliness, opposition, antagonism, animus, hatred.

 

per·cep·tion

/pərˈsɛpʃən/ Show Spelled [per-sep-shuhn] Show IPA

noun

1.  the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.

2.  immediate or intuitive recognition or appreciation, as of moral, psychological, or aesthetic qualities; insight; intuition; discernment: an artist of rare perception. 

3.  the result or product of perceiving, as distinguished from the act of perceiving; percept.

4.  Psychology . a single unified awareness derived from sensory processes while a stimulus is present.

5.  Law. the taking into possession of rents, crops, profits, etc.

 

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English percepcioun (< Old French percepcïon ) < Latin perceptiōn- (stem of perceptiō ) comprehension, literally, a taking in. See percept, -ion

Related forms

per·cep·tion·al, adjective

non·per·cep·tion, noun

non·per·cep·tion·al, adjective

re·per·cep·tion, noun

self-per·cep·tion, noun

un·per·cep·tion·al, adjective

Synonyms
1. awareness, sense, recognition.

 

pre·rog·a·tive

/prɪˈrɒgətɪv, pəˈrɒg-/ Show Spelled [pri-rog-uh-tiv, puh-rog-] Show IPA

noun

1. an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, or the like: the prerogatives of a senator. 

2. a right, privilege, etc., limited to a specific person or to persons of a particular category: It was the teacher's prerogative to stop the discussion. 

3. a power, immunity, or the like restricted to a sovereign government or its representative: The royal prerogative exempts the king from taxation. 

4. Obsolete , precedence.

adjective

5. having or exercising a prerogative.

6. pertaining to, characteristic of, or existing by virtue of a prerogative.

 

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin praerogātīvus (adj.) voting first, praerogātīva (noun use of feminine of adj.) tribe or century with right to vote first. See pre-, interrogative

Synonyms
1. See privilege.