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Definition of odium noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

odium

noun
 
/ˈəʊdiəm/
 
/ˈəʊdiəm/
[uncountable] (formal)
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  1. a feeling of hate or dislike that a lot of people have towards somebody, because of something they have done
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin, ‘hatred’, from the verb stem od- ‘hate’.
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