animus
ˈænɪməs-
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animus
a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
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Animus
Animating spirit; intention; temper.
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animus
Intention; purpose; spirit; temper; especially, hostile spirit or angry temper; animosity: as, the animus with which a book is written.
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Animus
an′im-us intention: actuating spirit: prejudice against.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary L., mind
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary L. animus, spirit, soul, as distinguished from anima, the mere life.
This time his animus is aimed at the Middle East scholar Fouad Ajami and yours truly. commentarymagazine.com
Family has always been the central animus of folk music. riverfronttimes.com
We are puzzled by the review of our book, The Social Organization of Sexuality, because it is professionally incompetent and motivated by such an evident animus against the social science s in general. nybooks.com
Does Assassin 's Creed 3 give us a reason to climb back into the animus. sacbee.com
Mugisha was careful not to downplay the animus toward LGBT people that continues in the east African nation, despite the bill 's potential downfall. advocate.com
Church officials see signs of anti- Catholic animus in a recent decision by the US Department of Health and Human Services to strip public funding for the US Conference of Catholic Bishops' anti-human trafficking programs. osv.com
For example, in a 1996 case the majority of the court held that voters in Colorado had exhibited "animus" toward gays by making it impossible for the state or municipalities to pass laws protecting them from discrimination. latimes.com
The further claim betrays an underlying animus toward Roosevelt, informed by false beliefs about the Great Depression, and supports my off-the-cuff thought about gold-standard advocacy here. chronicle.com
The 'animus' of Justice Scalia. latimes.com
"We can have animus and not be enemies". economist.com
A CBS Films release of a Benaroya Pictures presentation of a Parlay Films production, in association with Animus Films, Serena Films, Waterfall Media. variety.com
Both avowed and certain sympathizers in the media -- are again scared that political attacks on Barack Obama are coming from racial animus. nbcsandiego.com
Because dog whistles live in the ear of the listener, it is impossible to know whether Gingrich's comments were really intended to provoke racial, rather than political, animus. pbs.org
But now I understood the fellow's animus toward Maillot; his hatred was inspired by jealousy. "The Paternoster Ruby" by
Such, in general terms, is the animus of the two political parties of Prussia. "The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864" by
But though he speaks with reverence of Christ, he shares the common Mohammedan animus against St. Paul. "Mystics and Saints of Islam" by
As the address of any one of the white members would it have been reported, or have attracted attention, save for its animus? "Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878" by
Now their animus against Gourlay prompted them to back it up. "The House with the Green Shutters" by
But fraud is hard to suppress when the animus of the perpetrator is wrong. "The Tapestry Book" by
It indicated that the animus of which I am speaking is almost a commonplace. "Change in the Village" by
Jim's excited; but you understand that there's no animus; and my wife and I are entirely at your disposal in this matter. "The Million-Dollar Suitcase" by
Yet she was calmly discussing his situation without animus or even unfriendliness. "In the Shadow of the Hills" by
There had been no vindictiveness, no animus on the part of the railroad. "The Shepherd of the North" by