anima-, anim- +
(Latin: animal life, a living being, living; breath; soul; mind)
Anima-, refers to “a living being” from a Latin form meaning, “of air, having a spirit, living”, which in turn comes from another form meaning, “breath of air, air, soul, life”.
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animastic
Of or pertaining to the soul; psychic.
animate
1. To make someone or something lively; to give life to.
2. To rouse or inspire someone to take action or to have strong feelings.
3. To bring someone or something to life.
4. In a physically live state, as opposed to being dead or inert.
5. Full of liveliness or energy.
animated
1. Full of liveliness or activity; vigor or spirit.
2. In the form of a sequence of moving still images; made or designed so as to seem to be alive and moving.
animation
1. Liveliness in the way someone speaks or behaves; the quality or condition of being animate.
2. The making of movies by filming a sequence of slightly varying drawings or models so that they appear to move and change when the sequence is shown and appear to be alive.
animatism
1. The belief that inanimate things have consciousness or personality.
2. The ascription of psychic qualities to inanimate as well as animate objects.
animato
To be played in a lively animated manner (a reference to a musical instruction).
animatography, animatograph, animatographic
An early name for the cinematograph; also, a cinematographic camera.
animator, animater
1. Someone who makes animated movies, or who provides a technical or artistic skill needed to produce animations.
2. Someone or something that makes things lively, exciting, or interesting.
animatronics
The use of computer technology and a form of radio control to animate puppets or other models, e.g., for a movie (takes a singular verb).
animi agitatio
Mental agitation which may result in excessive restlessness or activity.
animism, animist, animistic
1. The belief that things in nature, e.g., trees, mountains, and the sky, have souls or consciousness.
2. The belief that a supernatural force animates and organizes the universe.
3. The belief that people have spirits that do or can exist separately from their bodies.
Related "animal" units:
faun-;
therio-;
zoo-.
Related life, live-word units:
bio-;
-cole;
vita-;
viva-.
Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving the "mind, mental" word units:
anima-;
anxi-;
deliri-;
hallucina-;
menti-;
moro-;
noo-;
nous;
phreno-;
psych-;
thymo-2.
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