DictionaryRoot: animus
Latin
animus
mind, spirit, or intention
Forms
- animus
- anim- — Used before other endings.
Origin
Related to Latin anima, “breath or life,” from an older breathing family.
Note
The word often concerned the inner disposition that drives action.
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noun
animus
The masculine aspect of a woman's psyche in Jungian psychology.
Etymology
Latin animus names the mind or spirit. Jung used this grammatically masculine noun as the technical name for the masculine aspect of a woman’s psyche.