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animus

an·i·mus \ˈa-nə-məs\

noun

: a strong feeling of dislike or hatred


Full Definition of animus

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

Example

There's a certain level of vehemence, it seems to me, that's directed at me, directed at the President. ... There's a certain racial component to this force. Some people ... for some, there's a racial animus. ...Eric Holder (the Attorney General)


I've never felt comfortable with either the 1st or 3rd meanings offered in the Full Definition of animus. I presume Carl Jung chose to use animus to name one of his unconscious archetypes because of its basic attitude or governing spirit : disposition, intention meaning, but then I'm never pretended to understand Jung's psychology except when I was a freshman in college.
 

That's it! That's the word I have been looking for.

an·i·mus \ˈa-nə-məs\

noun

: a strong feeling of dislike or hatred
 
Thanks.:redface-new:
No, I didn't mean me. I very seldom feel animus toward anybody. See, I already found a way to use it. :D
 
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