ALL meanings of animal spirits
animal spirits
A a - noun plural animal spirits cheerful and exuberant boisterousness 3
- noun animal spirits healthy, lively vigor 3
- noun animal spirits exuberance arising from an excess of energy; vivacity and good humor: The children romped on the lawn, full of animal spirits. 1
- noun animal spirits (medicine, now historical) The theorized ‘spirits’ or physiological principles which allowed for sensation and voluntary movement. 0
- noun animal spirits Liveliness, vivacity, a happy tendency to action. 0
- noun animal spirits (economics) After Keynes (citation 1936, above), the emotional and intuitive factors that drive business decisions whether to make investment gambles. 0