noun

• 1Psychology
  Jung's term for the feminine part of a man's personality.

  ‘Jung developed his theory of the personal animus and anima - male and female aspects of the psyche.’

  Often contrasted with animus (sense 3)

  More example sentences

  • ‘Our conventional wisdom says a man who kills an anima figure is surely doomed.’
  • ‘Although attempts have been made to portray the closing soliloquy of Molly Bloom as the secret life of Nora Barnacle, it is really a coda to the completed book, and in most respects a glimpse into the anima of James Joyce.’
  • ‘It allows my animus and anima to express themselves in unison.’
  • ‘Should art - high or low - only inspire the animus, not the anima?’
  • ‘Have you considered that they may be pointing to your anima or feminine side?’
  • ‘His eyes are blinded by his need to deny the anima within, and he shall suffer as those he seeks to control and capture!’
  • ‘Elaine would be his anima, the feminine version or aspect of him.’
  • ‘The anima is the Jungian concept of the female image within the male, which acts as a mediating force between the ego and the unconscious.’
  • ‘Jung named all the feminine content of a man's soul the anima, experienced as emotion, disposition, and mood.’
  • ‘The anima represents the female nature of consciousness, the female aspect of life, while the animus is the term given to represent the male aspect of life.’
  • ‘The Polarity model tends to get explained in terms of Yin / Yang, Shiva-Shakti or Jung's concept of anima / animus.’
  • ‘The animus corresponds to the paternal Logos just as the anima corresponds to the maternal Eros.’
  • ‘From H. Rider Haggard's novel She, Jung found an embodiment of the anima.’
  • ‘So let’s put Jung’s psychology to the test and see what he had to say about the anima, or men and their feelings.’
  • ‘Jung identified the anima as being the unconscious feminine component of men.’
  • ‘Jung said that the animus is more likely to be personified by multiple male figures, while the anima is frequently a single female.’
  • ‘According to Jung, one must get in touch with the Shadow and Anima/Animus before one can truly get in touch with the Self.’
  • ‘When the male ego feels under threat from the anima, Jung postulates, it may project the attacking motive onto an external woman or women.’
  • ‘Jung postulates that each individual has both masculine and feminine components of the psyche. For a male the feminine component is the anima, and for a female it is the animus.’
  • ‘He also identified the anima (an archetype of female wisdom) and the animus (the embodiment of masculine qualities).’

  1. 1.1The part of the psyche that is directed inward, and is in touch with the subconscious.
     Often contrasted with persona
     ‘Jyeshta has no worshippers in the world because the world worships only persona or appearance and glamour - and not anima or inner soul.’
     Often contrasted with persona
     More example sentences

     • ‘The anima imprints the persona. As such, over time, examination of the persona may allow insight into the anima.’
     • ‘Jung called the persona the "outward face" of the psyche because it is that face which the world sees. The "inward face" he called the anima in males and the animus in females.’
     • ‘He creates a new persona. This new persona allows him to realize his anima traits.’
     • ‘The anima imprints the persona. As such, over time, examination of the persona may allow insight into the anima.’
     • ‘The anima represents the female traits that a man's persona lacks.’
     Synonyms

     soul, spirit, self, inner self, innermost self, ego, inner ego, true being, essential nature, life force, vital force, inner man, inner woman, persona, identity, personality, individuality, make-up, subconscious, mind, intellect