animus
Example Sentences
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Either way, radicalism and animus replace knowledge and wisdom.
"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
Collins, the attorney for Grubb, said this wasn’t a case motivated by racial animus.
The suit also alleges that King County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Jeff Baird assisted the bungled investigation and engaged in malicious prosecution driven by “racial animus.”
From Seattle Times
“And that union animus motivated —at least in part — the complaint, investigation and decision to terminate Ortiz.”
From Washington Times
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