Hatred

Hatred is a word to describe immense feelings of dislike toward a person or a thing, as well as prejudice or bigotry against a class of people, racism being a prominent example of this. The term hate crime is used to designate crimes committed out of hatred in this sense; An intense feeling towards someone or something, wanting to kill, or harm a person, in feelings of dislike.

In English, the subject of hatred of a thing is generally given the prefix mis- or anti-, e.g.: misanthropy, misogyny, misandry, antisemitism, etc.

Additional reading

 * The Psychology of Hate by Robert Sternberg (Ed.)
 * Hatred: The Psychological Descent into Violence by Willard Gaylin
 * Why We Hate by Jack Levin
 * The Psychology of Good and Evil : Why Children, Adults, and Groups Help and Harm Others by Ervin Staub
 * Prisoners of Hate: The Cognitive Basis of Anger, Hostility, and Violence by Aaron T. Beck
 * Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing by James Waller