acrimony ˈa-krə-ˌmō-nē noun
1. anger and bitterness
2. a rough and bitter manner
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The word acrimony has appeared in 94 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on March 21 in “‘We Have to Get this Right.’ A Conversation With U.S.C.’s Incoming President, Carol Folt” by Jill Cowan:
Her first jobs as a professor and university administrator were at Dartmouth. But her time at U.N.C. has drawn the most attention until now.
During her tenure there, Ms. Folt grappled with two controversies that drew national scrutiny: an academic scandal involving student-athletes, and the fate of the Confederate monument known as “Silent Sam.” (The athletics controversy began before Ms. Folt’s stint as chancellor, but the university faced the fallout while she was in office.)
The monument provoked years of acrimony at U.N.C., where protesters toppled part of it last August. She later announced her resignation — and the removal of the monument’s remnants.
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