open hostility
collocation in Englishmeaningsofopenandhostility
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open
adjective
uk/ˈəʊ.pən/us/ˈoʊ.pən/
not closed ...
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hostility
noun
uk/hɒsˈtɪl.ə.ti/us/hɑːˈstɪl.ə.t̬i/
an occasion when someone is unfriendly or shows that they do not ...
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(Definition ofopenandhostilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofopen hostility
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Frustration andopenhostilitywere the result.
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Adverse trade conditions producedopenhostilitybetween workers and masters.
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Material in the municipal archive gives no evidence ofopenhostilityon the part of barrio communities.
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At first there wasopenhostility.
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Sometimes it is not merely suspicion, butopenhostility.
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Furthermore, a party's perception that a contract unfairly allocates the risks or rewards can even engenderopenhostilitythat endures throughout the transaction and increases administration costs.
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I have had no affection, and at timesopenhostility, for moneylenders.
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In spite of all the trouble,openhostilityor harsh words have not broken out.
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How will she respond to theopenhostilityof the telecommunications sector to the above plans?
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Their attitude has been one ofopenhostilityand petty vindictiveness.
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There are fears that it could lead to rivalry and, indeed, toopenhostility.
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Openhostilitybetween the two groups frequently resulted in violence.
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It has not wished to get involved inopenhostilityto the action that we have taken.
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If their hopes are again dashed, there is a real danger that cynicism will turn intoopenhostilityand rejection.
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In some cases, the optimism of the early and mid-1960s was replaced byopenhostilityto those boards.
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Their leaders showedopenhostilityand stood out for free collective bargaining which had no hope of success.
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Oil companies had to look for new ways to provide themselves with minimal security, in order to continue production in an environment of poverty, social exclusion andopenhostility.
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We have to admire the coming together of powers that historically have regarded each other with at best suspicion and at worstopenhostility.
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This case is only one of many showingopenhostilityon the part of skilled trade unions against the entry of women into their trades.
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In a situation ofopenhostilityfrom the main building employers' organisation, it has received fraternal support from local building industry unions.
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At this stage she definitely realised what we had done for her and her attitude changed from doubtful amity oropenhostilityto sincere friendliness.
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In the past, government policy towards syllabics has varied from indifference toopenhostility.
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In some quarters, there has beenopenhostilityto the "amateur" aspects of social media.
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They arrived assuming they had been invited and were greeted withopenhostility.
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I have visited those places and it is instructive to witness the level of anxiety about, for example, economic and monetary union, andopenhostilityto it.
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