Thesaurus / animus
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Authorities say they are not certain, at this point, that the alleged shooter, Robert Aaron Long, 21, was motivated by racial animus.
ANTI-ASIAN ATTACKS RISE ALONG WITH ONLINE VITRIOLDREW HARWELL, CRAIG TIMBERG, RAZZAN NAKHLAWI, ANDREW BA TRANMARCH 17, 2021WASHINGTON POSTAWS’s decision to effectively terminate Parler’s account is apparently motivated by political animus.
PARLER SUES AMAZON OVER REMOVAL FROM SERVERS AFTER CAPITOL RIOTVERNE KOPYTOFFJANUARY 11, 2021FORTUNEPan has pushed hard over the years for laws mandating vaccines for children to attend school and, like Offit, has earned the animus of the anti-vax community for his efforts.
TOO MANY AMERICANS STILL MISTRUST THE COVID-19 VACCINES. HERE'S WHYJEFFREY KLUGERJANUARY 5, 2021TIME“EEOC received corroborating testimony from dozens of witnesses nationwide supporting a discriminatory animus based on age,” the agency said.
THE U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION CONFIRMS A PATTERN OF AGE DISCRIMINATION AT IBMBY PETER GOSSELIN, SPECIAL TO PROPUBLICASEPTEMBER 11, 2020PROPUBLICAThe disease has shown a special animus for older people, with those 65-plus considered at especially high risk for hospitalization and death, and those 18 and below catching a semblance of an epidemiological break.
THE CORONAVIRUS SEEMS TO SPARE MOST KIDS FROM ILLNESS, BUT ITS EFFECT ON THEIR MENTAL HEALTH IS DEEPENINGJEFFREY KLUGERJULY 23, 2020TIMEIn a long experience he had never seen animus against a witness so recklessly exhibited as by counsel in this case.
YOU NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK, COMPLETEGILBERT PARKERI submit that this assists us to understand the animus of the converted Mason and the lengths to which it has taken him.
DEVIL-WORSHIP IN FRANCEARTHUR EDWARD WAITEIt is impossible not to admire the lofty tone, free from personal animus, which is seen in all Calhoun's speeches.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME XIIJOHN LORDAnimus, an′im-us, n. intention: actuating spirit: prejudice against.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 1 OF 4: A-D)VARIOUSPierre rapidly gained control of his temper, but he shifted his animus from the lust of gain to the glutting of revenge.
BLUE GOOSEFRANK LEWIS NASONSYNONYM OF THE DAY
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO ANIMUS
- animus
- attack
- avenging
- avengment
- counterblow
- counterinsurgency
- counterplay
- eye for an eye
- fight
- getting even
- ill will
- implacability
- malevolence
- measure for measure
- rancor
- repayment
- reprisal
- requital
- retribution
- return
- ruthlessness
- satisfaction
- sortie
- spitefulness
- tit for tat
- vengeance
- vengefulness
- vindictiveness
- anima
- animating principle
- animation
- animus
- ardor
- bosom
- bottom
- breast
- breath of life
- cause
- conscience
- courage
- disposition
- ego
- essence
- feeling
- fervor
- force
- genius
- heart
- individuality
- intellect
- intelligence
- life
- marrow
- mind
- nobility
- noumenon
- personality
- pith
- pneuma
- principle
- quintessence
- reason
- recesses of heart
- secret self
- spirit
- spiritual being
- stuff
- substance
- thought
- vital force
- vitality
- vivacity
- élan vital
- animas
- animating principles
- animations
- animus
- ardors
- bosoms
- bottoms
- breasts
- breath of lifes
- causes
- consciences
- courage
- dispositions
- egos
- essences
- feelings
- fervor
- forces
- geniuses
- hearts
- individualities
- intellects
- intelligence
- lives
- marrows
- minds
- nobilities
- noumenons
- personalities
- pith
- pneumas
- principles
- quintessences
- reasons
- recesses of hearts
- secret selfs
- spirits
- spiritual beings
- stuff
- substances
- thoughts
- vital forces
- vitalities
- vivacity
- élan vitals
- abhorrence
- aggression
- animosity
- animus
- antipathy
- aversion
- bad blood
- bellicoseness
- bellicosity
- belligerency
- bitterness
- combativeness
- contentiousness
- detestation
- disaffection
- enmity
- estrangement
- grudge
- hatred
- hostility
- ill will
- inimicality
- malevolence
- malice
- militance
- militancy
- opposition
- pugnaciousness
- pugnacity
- rancor
- resentment
- spite
- spleen
- truculency
- unfriendliness
- venom
- virulence
- war
- warpath
- abhorrence
- aggression
- animosity
- animus
- antipathy
- aversion
- bad blood
- bellicoseness
- bellicosity
- belligerency
- bitterness
- combativeness
- contentiousness
- detestation
- disaffection
- enmity
- estrangement
- grudge
- hatred
- hostility
- ill will
- inimicality
- malevolence
- malice
- militance
- militancy
- opposition
- pugnaciousness
- pugnacity
- rancor
- resentment
- spite
- spleen
- truculence
- unfriendliness
- venom
- virulence
- war
- warpath
- acerbity
- acrimony
- animosity
- animus
- annoyance
- antagonism
- bad feeling
- bitterness
- choler
- cynicism
- displeasure
- dudgeon
- embitterment
- exacerbation
- exasperation
- fog
- fury
- gall
- grudge
- huff
- hurt
- ill feeling
- ill will
- indignation
- ire
- irritation
- malice
- malignity
- miff
- offense
- outrage
- passion
- perturbation
- pique
- rage
- rancor
- rancorousness
- resentfulness
- rise
- spite
- umbrage
- vehemence
- vexation
- virulency
- wrath
- acerbity
- acrimony
- animosity
- animus
- annoyance
- antagonism
- bad feeling
- bitterness
- choler
- cynicism
- displeasure
- dudgeon
- embitterment
- exacerbation
- exasperation
- fog
- fury
- gall
- grudge
- huff
- hurt
- ill feeling
- ill will
- indignation
- ire
- irritation
- malice
- malignity
- miff
- offense
- outrage
- passion
- perturbation
- pique
- rage
- rancor
- rancorousness
- resentfulness
- rise
- spite
- umbrage
- vehemence
- vexation
- virulence
- wrath
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