animus

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. The basic impulses and instincts which govern one's actions.
  2. A feeling of enmity, animosity or ill will.
  3. intention, motivation (of a legal person)
  4. The masculine aspect of the feminine psyche or personality.

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈæ.nɪ.məs/
Etymologie (Engels)

Learned borrowing from Latin animus (“the mind, in a great variety of meanings: the rational soul in man, intellect, consciousness, will, intention, courage, spirit, sensibility, feeling, passion, pride, vehemence, wrath, etc., the breath, life, soul”), from Proto-Italic *anamos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos, from *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”). Closely related to Latin anima, which is a feminine form.

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