Odium

That the term "old maid" has lost its odium is due to the fact that unmarried women have made a place for themselves in the world of business. ❋ Unknown (1915)

"P. Joannes Ogilbeus, SJ Scotus Glasguae in odium fidei suspendio" ❋ John (2003)

The religious hatred called odium theologicum has long been an instrument for gaining power and property, whether in local politics or in real estate speculation. ❋ Elon, Amos (2001)

Bankers have never been popular, but Washington's rejection of the $700bn bail-out for banks on Monday recalled the odium that attached to them in the Great Depression. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The difficulty of this office arises out of the odium which is attached to it; no one will undertake it unless great profits are to be made, and any one who does is loath to execute the law. ❋ Aristotle (2002)

It is wise, too, in relation to the civilized world around us, to avoid giving occasion to the odium which is so industriously excited against ourselves and our institutions. ❋ E. N. [Editor] Elliott (N/A)

Congress and the President is to go on, as I suppose it is, Stanton should be ignored by the President, left to perform his clerical duties which the law requires him to perform, and let the party bear the odium which is already upon them for placing him where he is. ❋ David Widger (N/A)

Villain_ once had none of the odium which is now associated with the term; but it signified one who, under the feudal system, rented or held lands of another. ❋ Samuel Kirkham (N/A)

As a matter of fact, so far from being hanged or incurring any kind of odium, his system is quite the most popular there is at present. ❋ George A. Birmingham (1907)

Thirdly, and lastly, we have never been able to hear any one fact established which could prove Lord Byron to deserve anything like the degree or even kind of odium which has, in regard to matters of this class, been heaped upon his name. ❋ Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 (1870)

Their deaths would have been forgotten -- their imprisonment has contributed much to the general odium which is destroying the Austrian Empire. ' ❋ Alexis De Tocqueville (1832)

The man who would not hesitate a moment to destroy the happiness of a family by the seduction of the wife or the daughter, would not dare to leave one shilling of a gambling debt unpaid -- the one would bring down upon him the odium of his circle, but the other would not; and the odium of that circle is the only kind of odium he dreads. ❋ William Sleeman (1822)

Now bad men, when their parents or country have any defects, look on them with malignant joy, and find fault with them and expose and denounce them to others, under the idea that the rest of mankind will be less likely to take themselves to task and accuse them of neglect; and they blame their defects far more than they deserve, in order that the odium which is necessarily incurred by them may be increased: but the good man dissembles his feelings, and constrains himself to praise them; and if they have wronged him and he is angry, he pacifies his anger and is reconciled, and compels himself to love and praise his own flesh and blood. ❋ Plato (1889)

Kidd documents Jefferson's indifference to atheists and polytheists, and George Washington's openness to the rights of conscience of Jews and Muslims; on the other hand, he devoted a previous book to the long history of Protestant hostility toward Islam, which was apparently of a different echelon of odium from that directed at Catholics or Jews. ❋ Anil Mundra (2011)

“[Rodrigo] grew a big [Odium] towards [Bart] so he decided to do edgy drawings” ❋ Charón NixHydra (2017)

Example: “Look at that dead [motherf]***er, he’s [dead as hell]. What shoes he got on, none cause he’s dead.” “Damn Alex Necro-odium [muc]” ❋ Wonho_supremacy (2021)

Case 1: Person: Please don't post any photos of me! It really brings out my sui [imago] [odium] (SIO). Case 2: Person: No, I don't want any selfies! I really cant look at myself because of my Sui [Imago] [Odium] (SIO). ❋ PsychiatricEvaluator (2016)

His odium vitae was apparent when he signed the [paperwork] to [privatize] the natural lake and sell it as overpriced [bottled water]. ❋ Tuesday Soup (2023)