animus
About 0.58 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The basic impulses and instincts which govern one's actions.
- noun A feeling of enmity, animosity or ill will.
- noun Intention, motivation .
- noun The masculine aspect of the feminine psyche or personality.
Similar words
animosity bad blood antagonism hostile enmity hostility resentment bitterness anima instinct
Often followed by
against of and is toward in or was that
Word family
animuses
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