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animus

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


Example Sentences

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Your point is that the justices don’t want to talk about racial animus because a lot of them don’t see race.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

Despite its historic animus, the World Bank said 80% of its country economists reported that client governments last year sought their advice on how to use industrial policy more effectively.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Byers, who represented himself at trial, said he had no animus toward law enforcement and that it would be “out of character” for him to shoot at police.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

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

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

“You found a way to transfer your animus into a machine?”

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan




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