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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility [syn: animosity, animus, bad blood]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin, spirit, mind, courage, anger Date: 1816 1. basic attitude or governing spirit ; disposition, intention 2. a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will 3. an inner masculine part of the female personality in the analytic psychology of C. G. Jung — compare anima Synonyms: see enmity

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a display of animosity. 2 ill feeling. 3 a motivating spirit or feeling. 4 Psychol. Jung's term for the masculine part of a woman's personality (opp. ANIMA). Etymology: L, = spirit, mind

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Animus An"i*mus, n.; pl. Animi. [L., mind.] Animating spirit; intention; temper. nimus furandi [L.] (Law), intention of stealing.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If a person has an animus against someone, they have a strong feeling of dislike for them, even when there is no good reason for it. (FORMAL) Your animus towards him suggests that you are the wrong man for the job. = animosity N-UNCOUNT: usu N prep

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. [L.] 1. Hostile feeling, malice, partisan feeling, intention, purpose, aim. 2. Disposition, spirit, temper, general tone, tone of mind.

Moby Thesaurus

acrimony, afflatus, aim, ambition, anima, animating spirit, animation, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, appetence, appetency, appetite, aptitude, aspiration, bad blood, bent, bias, bitter feeling, bitterness, cast, character, choice, command, conation, conatus, constitution, counsel, decision, desideration, desideratum, design, desire, determination, diathesis, discretion, discrimination, disposition, divine afflatus, eccentricity, effect, elan vital, enlivenment, exhilaration, fancy, feud, fire, firing, fixed purpose, free choice, free will, function, genius, grain, grudge, hard feelings, hostility, idea, idiosyncrasy, ill blood, ill feeling, ill will, inclination, individualism, infection, infusion, inspiration, intendment, intent, intention, kidney, leaning, liking, lust, make, makeup, meaning, mental set, mettle, mind, mind-set, mold, motive, moving spirit, nature, nisus, objective, passion, plan, pleasure, pneuma, point, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, proclivity, project, propensity, proposal, prospectus, psyche, purpose, rancor, resolution, resolve, sake, set, sexual desire, slant, soreness, sourness, spirit, stamp, strain, streak, stripe, striving, study, temper, temperament, tendency, turn, turn of mind, twist, type, velleity, vendetta, venom, view, virulence, vital force, vitriol, volition, warp, will, will power, wish