Of course, the world is not actually divided into “us” and “their” or “friends” and “enemies”. Although now it is quite popular. Nevertheless, it will not be amiss to find out the meaning of the latter definition. A person usually quite early begins to understand where his own and where is someone else’s, who is kind to him and who is the other way around. Therefore, we hope that there will be no problems in clarifying the essence of the definition of the enemy (this is our topic today).
Value
It would be possible to spread for a long time about who is the enemy and who is friend. But it’s better to pick up an explanatory dictionary and look into it. The wise book says that the object of study has three values:
- A person at enmity with someone. For example: “Peter Ilyich and Ilya Petrovich are enemies. The father’s son beat chess for the first time in his life; the older generation cannot forgive the shame for the younger one. ”
- Military adversary, enemy. For example: "In the Second World War, the USSR fought with Germany, they were enemies."
- An ardent opponent of anything. “Ilya Kuzmich categorically did not tolerate smoking women. You could even say that he was their ardent opponent and implacable enemy. Smoking is a disgusting habit, especially when it comes to ladies, Ilya Kuzmich thought so. ”
Of course, now the word is used mainly in the first two meanings, from the third it smells nostalgically of the Soviet Union, but sometimes no, no, and something similar appears in the press, although this style is probably already outdated. Now it’s clear that there is an enemy, it’s pretty simple. However, the most interesting is to come.
Synonyms
Yes, sometimes it is this rubric of parsing a word that seems like a pure formality so that the reader has a choice, but not now. This happens because the object of study contains too much negative expression. An ordinary person who has not achieved great heights does not have such enemies, in general, “enemy” is a too strong word in this sense. Therefore, it is better to replace it with something more appropriate for the case. We will replace the following:
- enemy;
- rival
- competitor;
- foe;
- enemy;
- antagonist.
We deliberately did not include obsolete definitions and tautological phrases in the list. I would like to note that all replacements for the word “enemy” are milder options. Object of study - categorical characteristic, which is not subject to discussion. Such opponents now are only those who are convicted of power or are dealing with big money. And a teacher, for example, Russian or mathematics, well, what kind of enemies can he have? What and why should they share?
Opponent is not always bad
Sometimes, when a person has an adversary, it makes him strive forward, in general, competition is the engine of progress. We apologize for turning to sports topics, but on this material it is easiest to demonstrate the validity of the above statement.
Of course, we will talk about a pair of sore mouths: Messi and Ronaldo. If there was not one, the other would not have been able to achieve such amazing results, and this is true in both cases. An Argentinean without a Portuguese would be bored; the opposite is also true. Therefore, the competition develops, whatever one may say. As for the question: “What is the meaning of the word“ enemy ”?” - the answer to it has long been received. The reader can include the definition in his active vocabulary, now already having the full right to do so.