antilove

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ love.

Adjective

antilove (comparative more antilove, superlative most antilove)

1. Opposing love.
   • 1974, J. Richard Udry, The social context of marriage, page 149:

     Mowrer, Truxal and Merrill, and Groves all take what are essentially antilove positions.

   • 1984, Memphis State University. Dept. of English, Interpretations, Volume 15, page 35:

     These two antagonists are not simply unloved; they are actively antilove, since they must destroy the love between Tristran and Isolt before they can hope to become loved.

   • 1996, Amy K. Kaminsky, Water lilies, page 371:

     Like her religious verse, the antilove poems cannot be categorized as autobiographical.

Translations

opposing love

• Portuguese: antiamor

Anagrams

• Olivetan, Ovaltine, levation, velation