noun. A feeling of animosity; ill will. synonym: enmity.

noun. An attitude that informs one's actions; disposition or intention.

noun. In Jungian psychology, the masculine inner personality as present in women.

noun. Intention; purpose; spirit; temper; especially, hostile spirit or angry temper; animosity: as, the animus with which a book is written.

noun. Animating spirit; intention; temper.

noun. intention of stealing.

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

noun. A feeling of enmity, animosity or ill will.

noun. The masculine aspect of the feminine psyche or personality.

noun. a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility

"It's strange that conservatives reflexively counsel welfare recipients to take responsibility and get off the dole, and yet are unwilling to acknowledge what common sense and the data linked to above clearly demonstrate: anti-American animus is largely the result of American foreign policy."

anima  animose  animosity  unanimous  

enmity  hostility  ill will  

filius  

acrimony  afflatus  aim  ambition  anima