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English

Etymology

Circa 1230, Middle English descorde, discorde; from Anglo-Norman, Old French descort (derivative of descorder), descorde (“disagreement”); from Latin discordia, from discors (“disagreeing, disagreement”), from dis- (“apart”) + cor, cordis (“heart”).

Verb derives from Middle English discorden, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descorder, from Latin discord?re, from discord-, as above.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?sk??d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?sk??d/

Noun

discord (countable and uncountable, plural discords)

1. Lack of concord, agreement or harmony.

   • A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

   • 1775, Edmund Burke, Conciliation with America

     Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire.

2. Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
3. (music) An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.
4. Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.

Derived terms

• apple of discord

Related terms

• discordant
• Discordianism

Translations

Pronunciation 2

• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?s?k??d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d?s?k??d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d

Verb

discord (third-person singular simple present discords, present participle discording, simple past and past participle discorded)

1. (intransitive, archaic) To disagree; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.
2. (transistive, rare) To untie things which are connected by a cord.

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