lovelessness

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Noun
  • Someone that was so divisive and creating content that was purely based on hatred.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 15 Jan. 2026
  • In the same collections of letters and other writing that record his intense hatred, there are also plenty of tender comments about his homeland.
    Amir Ahmadi Arian, The Dial, 15 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The contempt resolution is expected to advance out of the committee Wednesday afternoon -- teeing up a full vote on the House floor days later.
    Lauren Peller, ABC News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • What To Watch For The contempt vote will be held Wednesday, though jail time for the Clintons does not appear to be an imminent threat as the family prepares for a potential legal battle over their subpoena compliance.
    Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The administration’s actions also aren’t being met with universal disdain by Colorado politicians.
    Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The Bears pulled off a remarkable 31-27 victory in the NFC wild-card round, taking down their bitter rivals, and have made their disdain for the Packers well-known.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The law comes amid a broader rise in hate incidents, state leaders and advocates say.
    Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Removing hate is our generation’s responsibility.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Rubio has a special loathing for Nicolás Maduro, whose regime devastated Venezuela’s economy and sent millions of citizens streaming out of the country.
    Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
  • One of the series’ most creative elements is the variety of scowls Graham deploys while arguing with Hezekiah, Mary, or his younger brother, Treacle (James Nelson-Joyce), a pragmatic family man who represents everything Sugar’s life could have been if he weren’t filled with so much self-loathing.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • These findings echo a broader pattern political scientists call affective polarization: the replacement of disagreement with abhorrence.
    Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2025
  • When human decency and basic civility fall victim to partisanship and ideology, and abhorrence of violence becomes tempered by political aims, monstrosities and tyrannies become possible.
    Michael Bloomberg, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Trump’s malice and incompetence alienates voters, who then publicly voice their discontent, encouraging other political actors and institutions to see him not as a crusading avatar of national destiny but as a weakened figure.
    Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Here, the trial court allowed limited discovery to determine which of the defendants were responsible for which statements, whether those statements were made with actual malice, and on whether Wunsch had suffered damages as a result of the defendants' statements.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • There are cheerful barging amateurs, happy to be bounced about, and there are prowling malevolences, waiting for the moment to blindside someone or chuck an elbow in their face.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Technical contributions are aces: Robert Richardson’s garish but subdued lighting clues us to the malevolence beneath the glitter, while Thelma Schoonmaker Powell’s editing perfectly punctu ates the frenzy.
    Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 22 Nov. 2025
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“Lovelessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lovelessness. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.

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