noun · uncountable · rare

animus

a·ni·mus

ворожість

неприязнь, вражда, анимус

Unterbewusstsein, Abneigung, Groll, Feindseligkeit

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

/ˈæ.nɪ.məs/

» It was all done out of animus.

Meaning

4 senses

(uncountable, usually)The basic impulses and instincts which govern one's actions.
Unterbewusstsein
(uncountable, usually)A feeling of enmity, animosity or ill will.
Feindseligkeit, Groll, Abneigung
вражда́vraždá, неприя́зньneprijáznʹ
a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
(uncountable, usually)Intention, motivation (of a legal person).
(uncountable, usually)The masculine aspect of the feminine psyche or personality.
Animus
а́нимусánimus

Examples

3 sentences

It was all done out of animus.
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They're destroying the planet out of animus.
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The motive for this was pure animus.
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Translations

3 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

a feeling of enmity, animosity or ill will:

(Jungian psychology) the masculine aspect of the feminine psyche or personality:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

the basic impulses and instincts which govern one's actions:

a feeling of enmity, animosity or ill will:

(Jungian psychology) the masculine aspect of the feminine psyche or personality:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin animus (“the mind, in a great variety of meanings: the ration

Learned borrowing from Latin animus (“the mind, in a great variety of meanings: the rational soul in man, intellect, consciousness, will, intention, courage, spirit, sensibility, feeling, passion, pride, vehemence, wrath, etc., the breath, life, soul”), from Proto-Italic *anamos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos, from *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”). Closely related to Latin anima, which is a feminine form.

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