Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in May. 2013
The word enemy It is a term widely used in our language and it is used in various contexts to refer to different issues.
Military: the opposite in war, which is fought
In the military field It is in one of the areas that it is most used, since in it an enemy will be that opposite, contrary in the warfare, that is, it is the one with which one side faces and must fight it until it is decimated or until it surrenders.
In military engagements, when an enemy is captured, it is usually deprived of its Liberty and can be subjected to ill-treatment.
Person with whom you are bitter
On the other hand, in common parlance, an enemy will be that person who has a very bad will towards another and therefore causes him what he can very badly.
“ Laura is one of my worst enemies at work, she generates problems with the boss whenever she can.”
So, with an enemy we will maintain an enmity, while with an friend a friendship, while, in the first case, there will always be a reason which is the one that triggers the rejection or animosity felt by another and that makes us feel like an enemy, and for example the depository of our anger, our contempt, among others
feelings negatives that we can experience.The enemies are normally two people or groups, although you can also speak of enemy nations, in the precise case of countries that, due to some situation, have a dispute that turned them into enemies.
Generally, enmity is mutual, that is, two people, two nations or two groups feel it, it is not usually unilateral, being certainly very rare that this happens like this.
An intense or slight bitterness can be felt towards the enemy, that is, there are different levels of enmity and that degree will be closely linked to what motivates the rivalry.
In those cases in which it is intense, wars or situations of aggression very violent.
And there are also enmities that subsist in silence and indifference, without ever expressing themselves with violence or without it, but they are.
Betrayals, fights for money, the most common causes of enmity between people
In the case of enmity between people, it is usually triggered by some fact, for example a betrayal, a fight, which awakens this confrontation on both sides.
In this case it is common for the people who surround each enemy to take sides and then also express anger and enmity with that person, because they consider that he offended or mistreated their person Dear.
On many occasions friendship and enmity are separated by a fine line, since it is common for great friends, after an unpleasant event, such as a betrayal or fight, become staunch enemies.
There are countless cases of these types, and surely close to us we know some, or have had some experience personal quarrels between close friends.
Questions of women or men, and money are usually the classic triggers of fights between friends who later become enemies.
What is opposed
Also, we often use this term to account for that which is opposed to something, for example, " I am an enemy of cosmetic surgeries, the truth is that I am a supporter of those who accept the marks that the passage of time leaves on them…”
Be an enemy of ...
For its part, the expressionbe an enemy of something, presents a recurring use in our language and we use it when we want to express that we dislike something.
One can be an enemy of another or of others as a consequence that they oppose in a combative way to our ideas, activities, opinions, among others, at the request of various spheres: political, social, economic, military, as we indicated lines above.
Now, it should be noted that the enemy's opposition is so staunch, its only objective being to combat our position.
Among the synonyms that we use the most instead of enemy are: rival and adversary, while the opposite term is that of friend.
A friend, for example, is that individual with whom we maintain a friendship relationship that implies affection and affection and then we feel inclined towards him and oriented to procure love with our behaviors and actions, something that of course does not happen with a enemy.
Themes in Enemy