ANIMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anima mean? 

• ANIMA (noun)
  The noun ANIMA has 1 sense:

1. (Jungian psychology) the inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious

  Familiarity information: ANIMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANIMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Jungian psychology) the inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("anima" is a kind of...):

ego; self (your consciousness of your own identity)

Domain category:

psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)

Carl Gustav Jung; Carl Jung; Jung (Swiss psychologist (1875-1961))