enemylike

adj

enemylike

adj

Etymology From enemy + -like.

1

Like, resembling, or characteristic of an enemy; unfriendly; hostile.

  • A friendlike hero or protagonist emerges in the former condition, an enemylike villain or antagonist in the latter.2000, Dolf Zillmann, Peter Vorderer, Media Entertainment: The Psychology of Its Appeal - Page 36:
  • A should then categorize C as “enemy”, and exhibit enemy-like behavior towards C.2009, Complexity Perspectives in Innovation and Social Change - Page 57

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