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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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From contra- +‎ sexual.

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • Jung felt that everyone has a psychological contrasexual reality represented by the opposite sex.

    Committed Relationships William Harryman 2007

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