| 释义 |
aˈgainstness
[f. against prep. (adv.), conj. + -ness.]
The state or condition of being against or in opposition to an established view, etc.
1951Paterson & Willett in Sociological Rev. XLIII. 90 There remains a feeling that the group is an entity, for the members have all been affected similarly by the same outside power, and there is a diffused ‘againstness’. 1972Listener 27 Jan. 115/2 There is only new creation out of and against the language taught and learned—and this ‘againstness’ is something the literary critic must define in evaluating a style. |