animus

plural animuses

1. uncountableusuallyThe basic impulses and instincts which govern one's actions.
2. uncountableusuallyA feeling of enmity, animosity or ill will.

   However, the Republican party's anti-ESG animus has undoubtedly played a role, according to Bloy.

   2023 April 29, Kenza Bryan, “US investors ditch green funds on ‘woke capitalism’ backlash”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14

   2 more examples

   The current row arose swiftly, sparked both by historical animus and jockeying over future power and place in Asia - and it surprised many observers in the depth of antipathy on both sides.

   2005 April 22, Christian Science Monitor

   Despite the animus against him, Mélenchon came within an inch of making the presidential election run-off in 2022, just behind Le Pen.

   2025 May 3, Leila Abboud, “Lunch with the FT: Jean-Luc Mélenchon”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3

   Synonyms: bad blood

3. uncountableusuallylawIntention, motivation (of a legal person).
4. uncountableusuallyJungian psychologyThe masculine aspect of the feminine psyche or personality.

   In the Jungian model of the psyche, the male has an internalized female counterpart, the anima; while the female has an internalized masculine counterpart, the animus.

   1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 31