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| Main Entry: |
anima
 [an-uh-muh] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spirit |
| Synonyms: | psyche, soul |
| Notes: | anima is the source of the female part of personality and animus is the source of the male part anima is Carl Jung's term for the inner part of the personality or character, as opposed to the persona or outer part |
| Main Entry: | soul |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | psyche, inspiration, energy |
| Synonyms: | anima, animating principle, animation, animus, ardor, bosom, bottom, breast, breath of life, cause, conscience, courage, disposition, ego, elan vital, essence, feeling, fervor, force, genius, heart, individuality, intellect, intelligence, life, marrow, mind, nobility, noumenon, personality, pith, pneuma, principle, quintessence, reason, recesses of heart, secret self, spirit, spiritual being, stuff, substance, thought, vital force, vitality, vivacity |
| Antonyms: | body |
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Example Sentences
- The persona can be controlled, but the anima often cannot.
- These feminine focused areas, or the collective anima of our society, are losing ground now.
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