Meaning of ANIMUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'anumus
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility |
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| | Synonyms: | | animosity, bad blood |
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| | See Also: | | enmity, hostility, ill will | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \An"i*mus\, n.; pl. {Animi}. [L., mind.]
Animating spirit; intention; temper.
{nimus furandi} [L.] (Law), intention of stealing.
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| | Definition: | | ["Constraint-Based Animation: The Implementation of Temporal Constraints in the Animus System", R. Duisberg, PhD Thesis U Washington 1986]. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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