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# Masculine
- URL: https://www.descentpress.com/index/masculine/
- Published: 2026-09-05T04:40:52.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-10T01:42:05.000Z
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- Author: Jae Botávn
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## 1\. Etymology

**Masculine** in Sharp’s lexicon is a **cross-reference cluster**: see [animus](https://www.descentpress.com/index/animus/) and [logos](https://www.descentpress.com/index/logos/). Samuels redirects *masculine* to *gender*—cultural classification of sexes as masculine and feminine, distinct from biological sex.

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## 2\. Plain summary

Descent Press does not treat **masculine** as a free-floating essence. Sharp points readers to the living lemmas where Jung worked the material: [animus](https://www.descentpress.com/index/animus/) as contrasexual soul-image in a woman; [logos](https://www.descentpress.com/index/logos/) as discriminating principle often (not exclusively) paired in Jung’s typology language with masculine psychology.

**Examples (exhaustive house list for this Index lemma — common masculine motifs named across Jung’s essays and standard Jungian lexica; not a claim that Jung’s CW contains only these):**  
Sharp redirect to [animus](https://www.descentpress.com/index/animus/) / [logos](https://www.descentpress.com/index/logos/); Samuels → gender; cultural vs biological sex; contrasexual image in woman; discriminating-principle pairing (provisional); psychology of masculinity/femininity; avoid essence slogans; dual-stamp path to parent lemmas and [feminine](https://www.descentpress.com/index/feminine/).

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## 3\. Academic elucidation

In analytical psychology masculine is **index hub, not separate Sharp essay**—content lives in animus / Logos / gender. sample or dual-stamps from those lemmas. Prefer CW 9i / 9ii / 7 as stamped there.

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## 4\. Lexicon

**Sharp (1991)**

> Masculine. See animus and Logos.

(Sharp, 1991)

**Samuels, Shorter & Plaut (1986)** — *masculine* redirect (index \~p. **91**); *gender* p. **59** (house vessel neighborhood.

> masculine See GENDER.

> gender A human and, therefore, a culturally influenced classification of the sexes as masculine and feminine. Jung often spoke and wrote as if he were unaware of the distinction between gender and SEX…

(Samuels, Shorter, & Plaut, 1986, p. **59**)

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## 5\. CW concordance — sample, not exhaustive

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**See also:** [animus](https://www.descentpress.com/index/animus/); [logos](https://www.descentpress.com/index/logos/); [feminine](https://www.descentpress.com/index/feminine/); [anima](https://www.descentpress.com/index/anima/); [eros](https://www.descentpress.com/index/eros/); [persona](https://www.descentpress.com/index/persona/).

## References

Samuels, A., Shorter, B., & Plaut, F. (1986). *A critical dictionary of Jungian analysis*. Routledge.

Sharp, D. (1991). *Jung lexicon: A primer of terms & concepts*. Inner City Books.

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