Associations to the word «Anima»

Wiktionary

ANIMA, noun. The soul or inner self of a person.
ANIMA, noun. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) of a person that is in touch with the unconscious as opposed to the persona.
ANIMA, noun. (Jungian psychology) The unconscious feminine aspect of a male.
ANIMA MUNDI, noun. Alternative term for world soul

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne