animus
pronunciation
How to pronounce animus in British English:
UK [ˈænɪməs]
How to pronounce animus in American English:
US [ˈænəməs]
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- Noun:
- a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
Word Origin
- animus (n.)
- 1820, "temper" (usually in a hostile sense), from Latin animus "rational soul, mind, life, mental powers; courage, desire," related to anima "living being, soul, mind, disposition, passion, courage, anger, spirit, feeling," from PIE root *ane- "to blow, to breathe" (cognates: Greek anemos "wind," Sanskrit aniti "breathes," Old Irish anal, Welsh anadl "breath," Old Irish animm "soul," Gothic uzanan "to exhale," Old Norse anda "to breathe," Old English eðian "to breathe," Old Church Slavonic vonja "smell, breath," Armenian anjn "soul"). It has no plural. As a term in Jungian psychology for the masculine component of a feminine personality, it dates from 1923.
Example
- 1. For that reason , his animus toward the left is understandable .
- 2. Why such animus against mr wolfowitz ?
- 3. But not as striking , perhaps , as his animus for isabel lyon .
- 4. Of note , the post garnered some animus toward me especially from a few fellow bloggers .
- 5. But such is her animus against traditional christianity that she cannot render quite the same service for the faith she was once devoted to .