animus
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- n a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
- Hardly united and agreed on anything except their common animus against a big-power thermonuclear holocaust that would endanger them all, the neutralists at first greeted the news .
- The animus against her is the latest round in a revenge cycle out of a classic Greek tragedy.
- Bloomberg writes that while McCain's former rival is the "logical" choice for Veep, if he is picked they'd have to overcome the animus that set in during the nomination fight.