Abominators

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. One who detests or loathes something or someone intensely
2. A person who expresses strong dislike or hatred towards a certain idea or practice
3. An individual marked by extreme aversion to a particular belief, action, or group

Etymology: The word is the plural of "abominator", so the core story belongs to that singular form. Its ancestry runs through Latin: "abōminātor" was a Latin noun built from the verb "abōminārī", which meant to shrink from something as a bad omen. The verb itself combined "ab-", meaning "away", with "ōmen", meaning "omen" or "portent". To abominate, in other words, was originally to turn away from something ill-omened. English borrowed the agent noun directly from Latin, and it kept the sense of someone who keeps a firm distance from what they find repellent. The English verb "abominate" carries the same origin, so the noun simply names the person who does the abominating. The plural form "abominators" follows the usual English pattern of adding "-s" to a count noun.