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antipathy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (antipátheia), noun of state from ????????? (antipath?s, opposed in feeling), from ???? (antí, against) + root of ????? (páthos, feeling).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æn?t?p??i/
  • Hyphenation: an?tip?athy

Noun

antipathy (countable and uncountable, plural antipathies)

  1. A feeling of dislike (normally towards someone, less often towards something); repugnance or distaste.
    • 4 November 2016, Spencer Ackerman writing in The Guardian, 'The FBI is Trumpland': anti-Clinton atmosphere spurred leaking, sources say
      Deep antipathy to Hillary Clinton exists within the FBI, multiple bureau sources have told the Guardian, spurring a rapid series of leaks damaging to her campaign just days before the election.
    • June 1917, The National Geographic Magazine Volume 31, No. 6, Our State Flowers/The Sagebrush
      The sagebrush belongs to the composite family, and its immediate cousins are widely distributed. They are known as the artemisias, and there are a host of them, many with important uses in the economy of civilization. Artemisia absinthium is popularly known as wormwood; from it comes the bitter, aromatic liquor known as eau or crême d'absinthe. Many of its cousins grow in Asia and Europe, including the mugwort, used by the Germans as a seasoning in cookery; southernwood, used by the British to drive away moths from linen and woolens and to force newly swarmed bees, which have a peculiar antipathy for it, into the hive
  2. Natural contrariety or incompatibility

Usage notes

  • Prepositions: "antipathy" is followed by "to", "against", or "between"; also sometimes by "for".

Synonyms

  • (dislike): : hatred, aversion, dislike, disgust, distaste, enmity, ill will, repugnance, contrariety, opposition

Antonyms

  • sympathy

Related terms

  • antipathetic
  • antipathetical
  • antipathize

Translations

Further reading

  • antipathy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • antipathy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • antipathy at OneLook Dictionary Search

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animus

English

Etymology

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 *h?enh?mos, from *h?enh?- (to breathe). Closely related to Latin anima, which is a feminine form. Doublet of anima.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?æ.n?.m?s/
  • Rhymes: -æn?m?s
  • Homophone: animous

Noun

animus (usually uncountable, plural animuses)

  1. The basic impulses and instincts which govern one's actions.
  2. A feeling of enmity, animosity or ill will.
    • 2005, Christian Science Monitor, April 22
      The current row arose swiftly, sparked both by historical animus and jockeying over future power and place in Asia - and it surprised many observers in the depth of antipathy on both sides.
  3. (Jungian psychology) The masculine aspect of the feminine psyche or personality.

Synonyms

  • bad blood

Related terms

  • anima
  • animose
  • animosity
  • equanimity
  • unanimous

Translations

Further reading

  • animus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • animus in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

  • A minus, Anusim, amusin', munias, sunami

Esperanto

Verb

animus

  1. conditional of animi

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *anamos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?enh?mos, a nominal derivative of *h?enh?- (breathe). Cognate with Ancient Greek ?????? (ánemos, wind, breeze), Old Armenian ???? (ho?m, wind), Old Frisian omma (breath), English onde (breath) (dialectal), Norwegian ånde (breath), and possibly Sanskrit ???? (ánila, air, wind); compare also Tocharian B ?ñme (self; soul) and Old Armenian ???? (anjn, person).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /?a.ni.mus/, [?än?m?s?]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?a.ni.mus/, [???nimus]

Noun

animus m (genitive anim?); second declension

  1. That life-giving aspect which animates: life force, soul.
  2. The intellectual dimension of a human being (the seat of the rational and other thoughts he/she experiences): mind, intellect.
    Synonym: m?ns
  3. The affective dimension of a human being (the seat of the emotions and feelings he/she experiences): heart, spirit, sensibility.
    Synonym: anima
  4. The essence of that which is situated within one's affective dimension, or certain particular aspects of one's affective makeup: emotion, feeling; courage, will.
  5. The inherent character of a human being: character, temperament; disposition, inclination. (by extension of the affective dimension)
    Synonyms: m?s, dispositi?, incl?n?ti?, temperamentum
  6. The instant mental state of a human being: mood, temper.
  7. heart, soul (as a term of endearment)
  8. (plural) bravado, elation, high spirits.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Related terms

  • anima
  • anim?

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old French: ame
    • Middle French: ame
      • French: âme
  • Spanish: alma
  • ? Catalan: ànim
  • ? English: animus
  • ? Italian: animo
    • ? Dutch: animo
  • ? Portuguese: animus, ânimo
  • ? Spanish: ánimo

References

  • animus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • animus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • animus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • animus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin animus (the soul, thoughts, intellect, ideas, will, thoughts, courage, etc.; the breath, life), closely related to anima (air, breath, spirit, life force). From Proto-Italic *anamos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?enh?mos, from *h?enh?- (to breathe). Doublet of ânimo.

Noun

animus m (uncountable)

  1. (Jungian psychology) animus (the masculine aspect of the feminine psyche or personality)

Related terms

  • anima

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