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Definition of Animus
1. Noun. A feeling of ill will arousing active hostility.
Definition of Animus
1. n. Animating spirit; intention; temper.
Definition of Animus
1. Noun. The basic impulses and instincts which govern one's actions. ¹
2. Noun. A feeling of enmity, animosity or ill will. ¹
3. Noun. (context: Jungian psychology) The masculine aspect of the feminine psyche or personality. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Animus
1. a feeling of hostility [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Animus
1. 1. An animating or energizing spirit. 2. Intention to do something; disposition. 3. In psychiatry, a spirit of active hostility or grudge. 4. The ideal image toward which a person strives. 5. In jungian psychology, a male archetype in a woman. Compare: anima. Origin: L. Animus, breath, rational soul in man, will (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Animus
Literary usage of Animus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Elementary Latin Dictionary by Charlton Thomas Lewis, Hugh Macmaster Kingery (1918)
"With conscius or conscientia, the conscience: quos con- scius animus ... In the
phrase aequus animus, an e:;n mind, calmness, moderation, ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Domicil, National, Quasi-national, and Municipal by Michael William Jacobs (1887)
"How far a merely contingent animus ... appear to have been finally abandoned,
the courts are disposed to require animus ... from the nature of the animus ..."
3. The Science of Jurisprudence: A Treatise in which the Growth of Positive Law by Hannis Taylor (1908)
"The intention of such a possessor has been described by modern civilians as the
animus domini, The animus or more recently as animus possidendi. ..."
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