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Animastic
Anˊi-mas′tic
,Adj.
[L.
anima
breath, life.] Pertaining to mind or spirit; spiritual.
Anˊi-mas′tic
,Noun.
Psychology.
[Obs.]
Definition 2024
animastic
animastic
English
Adjective
animastic (comparative more animastic, superlative most animastic)
- (rare) Pertaining to or possessing an animate nonphysical nature; having a mental or spiritual nature.
- 1816, Thomas Taylor, "A Dissertation on the Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries," The Pamphleteer, vol. 8, no. 15, p. 66:
- But we employ fables in an animastic mode, when we contemplate the energies of the soul.
- 1816, Thomas Taylor, "A Dissertation on the Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries," The Pamphleteer, vol. 8, no. 15, p. 66:
- Relating to mind or spirit; spiritual.
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.