1820, "temper" (usually in a hostile sense), from Latin animus "rational soul, mind, life, mental powers; courage, desire," related to anima "living being, soul, mind, disposition, passion, courage, anger, spirit, feeling," from PIE root *ane- "to blow, to breathe" (cognates: Greek anemos "wind," Sanskrit aniti "breathes," Old Irish anal, Welsh anadl "breath," Old Irish animm "soul," Gothic uzanan "to exhale," Old Norse anda "to breathe," Old English eeian "to breathe," Old Church Slavonic vonja "smell, breath," Armenian anjn "soul"). It has no plural. As a term in Jungian psychology for the masculine component of a feminine personality, it dates from 1923.
例文
1. Your animus towards him suggests that you are the wrong man for the job.
あなたは彼に対してあなたがこの仕事の適任者ではないことを表明している。
2.When you have an animus against a person，you should give it up.
他人に敵意を持っているときは、その考えを捨てるべきだ。
3.Like the anima，the animus too has a positive aspect.
アニムスにもアニマのようにポジティブな側面がある。
4.His criticisms are clearly colored by animus .
批判は明らかに敵意を持っている。
5.The wartime animus of the two nations subsided into mutual distrust when peace finally came.