AIM Framework glossary
Hate
Canonical definition
Hate is approach toward an Individual held at negative Relatedness: the Belief is that the other's gain is the Individual's loss, and the other is sought out rather than avoided. The Agent-Type Vector reads Hate as Rival-weight and Prey-weight together, the scapegoat's configuration. Hate compounds, selects acts directed at the other (elimination or expulsion, which are one mechanism), is reached from Love by the short path through a Positional Object or an exclusive occupancy, and is accounted for in the vocabulary of Fear. Hate held as character is Essentialist Morality and is released only slowly.
Explanation
Hating someone means being drawn toward them while believing that whatever is good for them is bad for you. Hate seeks its target out, often wants the target gone, and usually explains itself as fear. Love and hate are close because both draw you toward the person: going from one to the other changes what you believe about them, not which way you move.
Epistemic status
Framework-Specific Construct. Derived from Relatedness and Salience, Appendix A, Sections A.2.1, A.5.6 and A.5.10, and the Ethics–Morality Disjunction.