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an·i·mal spir·its
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animal spiritsnoun
The theorized 'spirits' or physiological principles which allowed for sensation and voluntary movement.
animal spiritsnoun
Liveliness, vivacity, a happy tendency to action.
animal spiritsnoun
After Keynes (citation 1936, above), the emotional and intuitive factors that drive business decisions whether to make investment gambles.
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Animal spirits
Animal spirits is the term John Maynard Keynes used in his 1936 book The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money to describe emotions which influence human behavior and can be measured in terms of consumer confidence. It has since been argued that trust is also included or produced by "animal spirits".
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of animal spirits in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of animal spirits in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of animal spirits in a Sentence
They have used the fiscal space to push their spending on building road infrastructure, whether this is enough to revive animal spirits, we'll have to wait and watch.
There's a lot of momentum in the U.S. economy and animal spirits – that wonderful phrase – seem to be kicking in, from my vantage point, yes, I do think they'll go in September.
The animal spirits of this country are being stifled by this top-down-driven regulatory system that is choking off the next generation of job creators.
The animal spirits among retail investors are well and truly out.
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