"animastic" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more animastic [comparative], most animastic [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin animasticus, from Latin animus + Latin -asticus. By surface analysis, animus + -astic. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|animasticus}} Latin animasticus, {{der|en|la|animus}} Latin animus, {{der|en|la|-asticus}} Latin -asticus, {{surface analysis|en|animus|-astic}} By surface analysis, animus + -astic Head templates: {{en-adj}} animastic (comparative more animastic, superlative most animastic)
  1. (rare) Pertaining to or possessing an animate nonphysical nature; having a mental or spiritual nature. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-animastic-en-adj-iYkK-3Zm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -astic, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -astic: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8
  2. Relating to mind or spirit; spiritual.
    Sense id: en-animastic-en-adj-X1Qq-kBx

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