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n. - A feeling of ill will arousing active hostility.

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  • The real basis for Praz's animus is not a pleasant one to contemplate, but is clearly set out a pp. 385-86.
  • "I should scarcely expect any animus from a man of your acquirements and knowledge of the world," the judge was saying.
  • “I should scarcely expect any animus from a man of your acquirements and knowledge of the world,” the Judge was saying.
  • This is what Jung called the animus, the original Greek word for spirit.
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