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animus

[an-uh-muhs] / ˈæn ə məs /
NOUN
hostility
Synonyms


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She rejected suggestions such tactics could be discriminatory, saying "racial animus has no place in DHS".

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

"He has no apparent animus towards anyone or anything," said film and theatre director Mike Nichols, who directed the Broadway premiere of Stoppard's tale of marriage and affairs "The Real Thing".

From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025

Collins, the attorney for Grubb, said this wasn’t a case motivated by racial animus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2025

“Did he ever speak of his master? Ever express any animus against him?”

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie