Noun

(malignancies)

The state of being malignant or diseased.

A malignant cancer; specifically, any neoplasm that is invasive or otherwise not benign.

That which is malign; evil, depravity, malevolence.

* Shakespeare

The malignancy of my fate might perhaps distemper yours.

* {{quote-book, year=1902, author=Arthur Conan Doyle, title=The Hound of the Baskervilles citation

, passage=A cold wind swept down from it and set us shivering. Somewhere there, on that desolate plain, was lurking this fiendish man, hiding in a burrow like a wild beast, his heart full of malignancy against the whole race which had cast him out.}}

Noun

(en-noun)

The basic impulses and instincts which govern one's actions.

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.

The masculine aspect of the feminine psyche or personality.