LATENT HOSTILITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does latent hostility mean? 

• LATENT HOSTILITY (noun)
  The noun LATENT HOSTILITY has 1 sense:

1. feelings of hostility that are not manifest

  Familiarity information: LATENT HOSTILITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LATENT HOSTILITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Feelings of hostility that are not manifest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

latent hostility; tension

Context example:

the diplomats' first concern was to reduce international tensions

Hypernyms ("latent hostility" is a kind of...):

antagonism; enmity; hostility (a state of deep-seated ill-will)