Definitions for animus
ˈæn ə məsan·i·mus

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. animosity, animus, bad bloodnoun

   a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. animusnoun

   The basic impulses and instincts which govern one's actions.

2. animusnoun

   A feeling of enmity, animosity or ill will.

3. animusnoun

   The masculine aspect of the feminine psyche or personality.

4. Etymology: From animus, closely related to anima, which is a feminine form; see anima.

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1. animus

   Animus generally refers to a strong dislike, hostility, or animosity towards something or someone. It can also refer to motivation or intention to do something. The term is often used in law and psychology.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Animusnoun

   animating spirit; intention; temper

2. Etymology: [L., mind.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Animus

   an′im-us, n. intention: actuating spirit: prejudice against. [L. animus, spirit, soul, as distinguished from anima, the mere life.]

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1. • Hostility

Anagrams for animus »

1. A minus

2. manius

3. anusim

4. anisum

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of animus in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of animus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of animus in a Sentence

1. Christopher Vasquez:

   If this were something like Covid that was affecting the entire population, we would have seen a much more robust response from the government, i'm not claiming the Biden administration has any animus to the LGBTQ community. I just think because we're a limited community, they didn't put the full weight and resources of the federal government behind stopping this early.

2. Danny Cevallos:

   Typically in criminal law, motive is not an element of a criminal offense, however, motive can be evidence of your intent (to commit a crime). Why you did something can tell us about what you meant to do when it happened. Hate crimes require that (an intent to commit crime) be motivated by some animus, some hatred of other people.

3. Trey Gowdy:

   Peter Strzok's manifest bias trending toward animus casts a pall on this investigation…His bias impacted his decision making and he assigned to himself the role of stopping the Trump campaign or ending a Trump Presidency, this is not the FBI I know.

4. Josh Hawley:

   There's clearly some animus here towards the President. I think that's pretty apparent on both sides, i just think that there's a lot of desire for publicity here. ... I think you've got to take this with a grain of salt.

5. Terry McAuliffe:

   [ T ] Terry McAuliffe anti-American viewpoint based on racial animus is being spread throughout schools in the country, then you have Merrick Garland, Merrick Garland, joining forces with a renegade school board association trying to call the parents who are concerned about this ‘ domestic terrorists ’ – while not revealing that Merrick Garland own son-in-law has an interest in putting these CRT materials into schools and is making a profit off doing that.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=animus
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Animus
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/animus
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=animus