Answer:
It could mean the Jungian concept of the inner masculine self of a woman.
But more correctly, Animus is a latin word for the soul in a man; in a more general sense it could also mean courage, vivacity, bravery, will and spirit.
An Animus was involved in the game 'Assasins Creed' and 'Assasins Creed II.'
In the game the animus was a machine built to experience your ancestors memories and control your ancestor. However, whatever you did differently in the animus would not change what happened in real life, it's not a time machine.