Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The inner self of an individual; the soul.
- noun In Jungian psychology.
- noun The unconscious or true inner self of an individual, as opposed to the persona, or outer aspect of the personality.
- noun The feminine inner personality, as present in the unconscious of the male. It is in contrast to the animus, which represents masculine characteristics.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Soul; vital principle; the intelligent principle supposed to preside over vital actions: anciently applied to the active principle of a drug, as if this were its soul.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
soul orinner self of a person. - noun Jungian psychology The inner self (not the external
persona ) of a person that is in touch with the unconscious as opposed to thepersona . - noun Jungian psychology The
unconscious feminine aspect of amale .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Jungian psychology) the inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Nam anima eft uinculum (pfritus, ficut corpus eft uinculum anima?»
Praeciosa ac nobilissima artis chymiae collectanea de occultissimo ac ... Giano Lacinio 1554
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The Latin word anima means “soul” or “breath of life.”
Knock and the Door Will Open Jeffrey A. Wands 2010
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The Latin word anima means “soul” or “breath of life.”
Knock and the Door Will Open Jeffrey A. Wands 2010
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The Asics name comes from the first letters of each word in the Latin phrase "anima sana in corpore sano," which translates as "a healthy soul in a healthy body."
Asics Races to Build Its Brand Archibald Preuschat 2012
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Part of anima is sense, and part is urgency, and part is a connection to the real (even if that connection is a refusal).
Poetic Machines 01 : Christian Bök : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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This is what Jung called the anima, which is the original Greek word for soul.
The Conversation Between Soul and Spirit William Harryman 2007
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This is what Jung called the anima, which is the original Greek word for soul.
Soul in Intergal Theory William Harryman 2007
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This is what Jung called the anima, which is the original Greek word for soul.
Change as a Calling William Harryman 2007
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I have here translated the Italian anima literally by the English word soul.
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571 1910
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I have here translated the Italian anima literally by the English word soul.
XVIII 1909
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