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ani·ma (an′i mə)

noun

  1. life principle; soul
  2. in Jungian psychology, the feminine component of the unconscious of a man, specif. when apprehended as a female figure by the psyche

Etymology: L

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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