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Repugnance vs Animus - What's the difference?

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Repugnance is a related term of animus.


As nouns the difference between repugnance and animus

is that repugnance is repugnance while animus is the basic impulses and instincts which govern one's actions.

repugnance

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • extreme aversion, repulsion
  • contradiction, inconsistency, incompatibility, incongruity; an instance of such.
  • *1662 , Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue on the Two Systems of the World (Dialogue Two)
  • *:Discourses vain, inconsistant, and full of repugnances and contradictions.

    • animus

    English

    (wikipedia animus)

    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.

    • Related terms

    * anima * animose * animosity * equanimity * unanimous

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