Both Uses of
inimical
in
1984 by Orwell
- Inefficient nations were always conquered sooner or later, and the struggle for efficiency was inimical to illusions.†
p. 198..0 *
- It includes the power of not grasping analogies, of failing to perceive logical errors, of misunderstanding the simplest arguments if they are inimical to Ingsoc, and of being bored or repelled by any train of thought which is capable of leading in a heretical direction.†
p. 212..2
Definition:
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(inimical) harmful or unfriendly