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animus

noun as in hostility

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You could take issue with something he wrote and then debate it and there was never any animus.

Officials added: “This is a case study of billboard law firms trying to turn family resemblance into racial animus to collect clicks, clout, and cash.”

The show’s final segments revealed that the petty, personal politics of the right-wing’s biggest media personalities are a driving animus that seems almost blinding.

From Salon

It was also “motivated by unconstitutional animus,” he said.

As of Wednesday night, the main animus seems to be between the US and China who are flinging ever-increasing tariffs at each other.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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