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Jung

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Jung  (yng), Carl Gustav 1875-1961.
Swiss psychiatrist who founded analytical psychology. Among his contributions to the understanding of the human mind are the concepts of extraversion and introversion and the notion of the collective unconscious. Jung's works include The Psychology of the Unconscious (1912) and Psychological Types (1921).

Jung [jʊŋ]
n
(Biographies / Jung, Carl Gustav (1875-1961) M, Swiss, SCIENCE: psychologist) Carl Gustav (karl ˈgʊstaf). 1875-1961, Swiss psychologist. His criticism of Freud's emphasis on the sexual instinct ended their early collaboration. He went on to found analytical psychology, developing the concepts of the collective unconscious and its archetypes and of the extrovert and introvert as the two main psychological types
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Noun1.Jung - Swiss psychologist (1875-1961)
image, persona - (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world; "a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty"
anima - (Jungian psychology) the inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious


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The connection of dreams, irrational beliefs and foolish actions with unconscious wishes has been brought to light, though with some exaggeration, by Freud and Jung and their followers.
 
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