Progression

animus (AN-uh-muhs) noun

1. Hostility; ill will.

2. Purpose; disposition; governing spirit.

3. In Jungian psychology, the masculine part of a women's personal unconscious.

[From Latin animus (spirit, mind).]

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"The NDP rebels have no great personal animus toward McDonough. It is the weight of logic that is carrying them."
Lawrence Martin; Alexa's Turn: NDP Braces For Blood Bath; Halifax Daily News (Canada); Jun 8, 2001.

"First, writer Gavin McInnes reserves his only consistent animus for one category: sandaled men. Otherwise he is an equal-opportunity hater."
Doug Harvey; Materialistic Fetishism Reconsidered; LA Weekly; Dec 24-30, 2004.

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Posted by Keya at January 21, 2005 07:32 PM