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Who cares if virtually the entire world views Obama's drone attacks as unjustified and wrong? Who cares if the Muslim world continues to seethe with anti-American animus as a result of this aggression? Empires do what they want.
Glenn Greenwald

Meaning of "animus" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ANIMUS

From Latin: mind, spirit.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ANIMUS

animus  [ˈænɪməs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANIMUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Animus is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ANIMUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of animus in the English dictionary

The definition of animus in the dictionary is intense dislike; hatred; animosity. Other definition of animus is motive, intention, or purpose.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANIMUS


anonymous
əˈnɒnɪməs
antonymous
ænˈtɒnɪməs
eponymous
ɪˈpɒnɪməs
equanimous
ɪˈkwænɪməs
euonymus
juːˈɒnɪməs
evonymus
ɛˈvɒnɪməs
heteronomous
ˌhɛtəˈrɒnɪməs
Hieronymus
ˌhaɪəˈrɒnɪməs
homonymous
hɒˈmɒnɪməs
longanimous
lɒŋˈɡænɪməs
magnanimous
mæɡˈnænɪməs
minimus
ˈmɪnɪməs
multanimous
mʌlˈtænɪməs
nonunanimous
ˌnɒnjuːˈnænɪməs
onymous
ˈɒnɪməs
pseudonymous
sjuːˈdɒnɪməs
pusillanimous
ˌpjuːsɪˈlænɪməs
synonymous
sɪˈnɒnɪməs
tautonymic
tɔːˈtɒnɪməs
unanimous
juːˈnænɪməs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANIMUS

animated
animated cartoon
animatedly
animateness
animater
animatic
animatingly
animation
animatism
animato
animator
animatronic
animatronics
anime
animism
animist
animistic
animosities
animosity
anion

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANIMUS

bulimus
Circus Maximus
dedimus
Fabius Maximus
gluteus maximus
gluteus minimus
maximus
mittimus
mumpsimus
primus
sumpsimus
vidimus

Synonyms and antonyms of animus in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ANIMUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «animus» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of animus

Translation of «animus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANIMUS

Find out the translation of animus to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of animus from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «animus» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

敌意
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

animus
570 millions of speakers

English

animus
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विरोध
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العداء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

враждебность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

animus
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিদ্বেষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

animus
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Animus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Animus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アニムス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

미움
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Animus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thù hận
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உட்பகைக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

द्वेषबुद्धी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

düşmanlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

malanimo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Animus
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ворожість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

animus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

animus
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

animus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

animus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

animus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of animus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANIMUS»

The term «animus» is quite widely used and occupies the 43.259 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANIMUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about animus

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2 QUOTES WITH «ANIMUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word animus.
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Glenn Greenwald
Who cares if virtually the entire world views Obama's drone attacks as unjustified and wrong? Who cares if the Muslim world continues to seethe with anti-American animus as a result of this aggression? Empires do what they want.
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Sherwood Smith
As a kid, I pretty much got nothing but scorn, and occasionally active animus, for writing fantasy and squirreling it away in my closet and, later, under the mattress supports in my bed.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANIMUS»

Discover the use of animus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to animus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Animus
A girl tries to make friends with a chained dog she meets along her path.
Seonna Hong, 2005
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Animus Aeternus
Animus Aeternus weaves developmental theories from depth psychology with the poetry of women-including Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, Emily Dickinson, Teresa of Avila and Edna St. Vincent Millay-to trace the history and meaning of this ...
Deldon Anne McNeely, 2011
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Animus and Anima
But just how do the animus and anima, these all important Jungian concepts, appear in dreams, fantasies, behaviour and mythology? This book maps a way towards an understanding of the union of opposites and the emergence of the Self.
Emma Jung, 1985
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Wild Animus (Enhanced Edition):
The glint of Animus was still in her eyes, but her mind was clouded with confusion . The way forward wasdim and without relief, gray granite flecked white. Ice prickled his chin beneath the facepiece of the headdress. “Just a little snow,” he said, ...
Rich Shapero, 2004
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World Dictionary of Foreign Expressions: A Resource for ...
animus cancellandi n. [L. animus mind, intention (1); cancellandi of/for canceling (2): a mind for canceling.] Law. Intention of canceling or destroying a will. Intent to cancel or destroy a will. Cf. animo cancellandi. animus capiendi n. [L. animus ...
Gabriel Adeleye, Kofi Acquah-Dadzie, Thomas J. Sienkewicz, 1999
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The Moral Animus of David Hume
Rejecting a morality based on religious sanctions and appeals to a spiritual order of being, David Hume advocated a wholehearted immersion in worldliness.
Donald T. Siebert, 1990
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Transforming sexuality: the archetypal world of anima and animus
Anima and animus are the words Jung used to refer to the compelling inner figures which everyone encounters in dreams, fantasies, and projections, and which are most often perceived in the intensity of romantic love and sexual desire.
Ann Belford Ulanov, Barry Ulanov, 1994
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The Invisible Partners: How the Male and Female in Each of ...
It goes without saying, of course, that if people persist in emotional dishonesty with each other, relationship is exceedingly difficult. A man who is confronted by a woman's animus can help the situation by keeping his cool and responding out of ...
John A. Sanford, 1980
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Dreams and Healing
If the man in the dream is not her husband, but an unknown man, we are justified in wondering if this man is her animus, that is, the masculine part of herself of which she knows very little. We have already discussed the fact that the animus has ...
John A. Sanford, 1978
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The Animus: The Spirit of Inner Truth in Women
Authenticity and comprehensiveness were priorities in editing this work, as well as the preservation of the excellence and comprehensiveness of her work on the animus - a most complex and vexing topic - while retaining the wonderfully ...
Barbara Hannah, Emmanuel Kennedy, David Eldred, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANIMUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term animus is used in the context of the following news items.
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Greek finance minister resigns
... PM Alexis Tsipras can go back into negotiations without being impeded by the Eurozone finance ministers' personal animus against him. «Boing Boing, Jul 15»
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Rick Perry laments ties between GOP, black voters
At the same time, Republicans have, by their own admission, relied heavily on a “Southern Strategy” that exploited racial animus to further the ... «MSNBC, Jul 15»
3
How conservatives and liberals are both hijacking libertarian …
... fanatical Jacobins willing to sacrifice living, breathing humans to satisfy a thin-skinned need to purge every last vestige of anti-gay animus. «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»
4
'True Detective' Season 2 Ep 3 Recap: Fowl Play
Now we have at least some indication that Semyon may be the focus of Bird-Head Dude's animus. At least that's what Semyon suspects. «WordandFilm.com, Jul 15»
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A former FBI agent's dereliction of duty
I have no animus toward Mr. Lowry, as I have never met him, but let's remember his failings and actions led him to become the felon that he is. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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SCOTUS Gay Marriage Decision: Reality Check
With long buried and forgotten government documents—state and federal—the team shows decades of deliberate, targeted animus and ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
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Why I Am Not A Men's Rights Activist
This isn't motivated by any animus any more than taking a gun into wolf-infested woods is motivated by animus. Rather, just as the wolves are ... «The Federalist, Jul 15»
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Once unimaginable, marriage equality is now established law
Again, he wrote powerfully about how DOMA was unconstitutional as it singled out a class for unequal treatment simply because of animus ... «Sacramento Bee, Jul 15»
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5th July 1977: Doomsday for democracy in Pakistan
Stanley Wolpert wrote, “The acting Chief Justice Maulvi Mushtaq never so much as attempted to suppress or hide his personal animus. It never ... «ARY NEWS, Jul 15»
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Smart Bombs: Legislators made own beds
This animus motivates them to toss aside the “jiggery pokery,” to use Justice Antonin Scalia's phrase, about congressional intent and the law's ... «The Spokesman Review, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Animus [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/animus>. Apr 2024 ».
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