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n. An attitude that informs one's actions; disposition.

n. A feeling of animosity; ill will. See Synonyms at enmity.

n. In Jungian psychology, the masculine inner personality as present in women.

n. The basic impulses and instincts which govern one's actions.

n. A feeling of enmity, animosity or ill will.

n. The masculine aspect of the feminine psyche or personality.

n. Animating spirit; intention; temper.

n. Intention; purpose; spirit; temper; especially, hostile spirit or angry temper; animosity: as, the animus with which a book is written.

n. a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility

"It's strange that conservatives reflexively counsel welfare recipients to take responsibility and get off the dole, and yet are unwilling to acknowledge what common sense and the data linked to above clearly demonstrate: anti-American animus is largely the result of American foreign policy."

ill will    hostility    enmity   

animosity    animose    anima    unanimous   

intention    temper   

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