antilove

English

Etymology

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.

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