{nimus furandi} [L.] (Law), intention of stealing.
While Mr. Thomas is not the first nominee to be Borked, there is a special animus because of his race.
It is also possible that the author has a peculiar animus against The Times.
Guilt and shame over the humanities' failure to take proper cognizance of women, minorities and the disenfranchised has created an animus toward traditional aesthetic and historical surveys.
In view of the Iranian influence over the Gulf, and its animus toward Moscow, any U.S. fears of the waterway becoming a "Soviet lake" would seem misplaced.