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- adjective Of a portion of a person's
psyche , hypothesized by Carl Jung, that has characteristics of the opposite gender.
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the Jungian archetypal schema the nigredo is the Shadow; albedo refers to the anima/animus (contrasexual soul images); citrinitas is the Wise old man (or woman) archetype; and rubedo is the Self archetype, which has achieved wholeness.
Archive 2008-05-01 Bettina Tizzy 2008
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In the Jungian archetypal schema the nigredo is the Shadow; albedo refers to the anima/animus (contrasexual soul images); citrinitas is the Wise old man (or woman) archetype; and rubedo is the Self archetype, which has achieved wholeness.
Syncretia revisited - Exhuberant elegance Bettina Tizzy 2008
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Jung felt that everyone has a psychological contrasexual reality represented by the opposite sex.
Committed Relationships William Harryman 2007
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