#mind
- To remind — A regional or dialectal verbal form found in certain communities in the north of the country, utilized as a pronunciation variant or local truncation for the verb 'amintii' (to remind/remember); to bring back to mind, to remind someone of an obligation, or to mention a past event.
- Analytic — Based on analysis, utilizing analysis as its primary research method, or pertaining to it. In mathematics, it refers to branches that employ algebraic methods and differential calculus (analytic geometry) or to functions that can be expanded into power series. In linguistics, it describes languages in which grammatical relationships are expressed through separate helper words (prepositions, articles, auxiliary verbs) and word order, as opposed to synthetic languages based on inflection.
- Animo — An unconscious masculine principle present within the feminine psyche, used as a variant or lexical correlate of the term 'animus' in Jungian analytical psychology. In a broad sense, the word denotes the deep intention, state of mind, courage, or vital energy governing an individual's actions, partially adopted into modern terminology from Latin and Spanish roots to describe the dynamic impulse of consciousness.
- Anoetic — Lacking reflective consciousness, reason, or conceptual mental representation; pertaining to a pure sensory or primary affective state. In cognitive psychology and memory theories developed by Endel Tulving, the term describes the most elementary level of consciousness (anoetic consciousness), characteristic of organisms that live exclusively in the immediate present and react to perceptual stimuli without possessing the capacity to reflect upon their own mental states or memories.
- Anti-logicality — The property, trait, or state of an utterance, reasoning, or conceptual system of being completely devoid of formal logic, violating the laws of reason, or containing insurmountable internal contradictions. In a structural sense, it represents the absurd or irrational character of an argumentative framework that prevents the establishment of a provable truth.
- Anti-pessimist — Combating, rejecting, or counteracting pessimism, gloomy visions, or the tendency to anticipate unfavorable outcomes; a person who structurally adopts an attitude of fighting despair, promoting hope, moderate optimism, or constructive realism. This type of moral agent acts as a catalyst for confidence in resolving existential or social crises.
- Entrepreneurial — Pertaining to an entrepreneur or entrepreneurship, relating to the initiation, organization, and management of a business venture; characteristic of economic initiative. This term describes behaviors, strategies, ecosystems, or skills focused on innovation, identifying market opportunities, and taking calculated financial risks to develop viable commercial projects.
- Apperception — A superior and conscious psychological process through which a current perception is interpreted, clarified, and assimilated into the mind via the background of knowledge, memories, and experiences previously accumulated by the individual. Unlike simple perception, it implies voluntary attention, self-reflection, and structural localization within the personal conceptual framework.
- Appetitive — Stimulating, increasing, or relating to the appetite or to the tendencies to satisfy an organic drive; eupeptic. In classical psychology and scholastic philosophy, the term describes a faculty of the soul or a behavior oriented toward seeking and acquiring a desired object or fulfilling a biological need.
- Maypole branch — A rare regional variant or archaic dialectal form for the term 'arminden', designating the 1st of May (Arminden Day), traditionally celebrated in the Romanian rural world as a symbol of spring, vegetation, and land fertility. Additionally, the word refers to the green tree, leafy branch, or decorated pole that peasants structurally placed in front of gates, houses, or stables on this day to protect the household from evil spirits and hail.
- Maypole branch variant — A rare regional or archaic variant of the term arminden, used in certain popular dialects within the Romanian area to designate the 1st of May, considered a festival of spring, fertility, and the renewal of nature. The term also applies to the green branch, leafy tree, or decorated pole that locals structurally placed at gates or in stables to bring prosperity and protect the household from severe weather and evil spirits.
- Arminden festival — A traditional Romanian holiday celebrated on the 1st of May, which marks the beginning of the agricultural summer and symbolizes fertility, crop protection, and the regeneration of nature. The term also designates the tree stripped of branches up to the top or the green bough of oak, beech, or birch that people structurally place in front of houses, gates, or stables on this day to protect the household from strigoi, hail, and diseases.
- Armindeni — The plural form for the homonymous holiday or ritual pole, used regionally to designate the festive timeframe around May 1st. Geographically, the term represents a toponymic proper name borne by villages or hamlets in the Romanian territory (such as Armindeni village in Alba county), whose naming is historically linked to the collective celebration of these spring rites.
- May Day custom — A regional variant for the popular feast of Arminden, traditionally celebrated on May 1st in the Romanian cultural space; a symbolic day marking the beginning of the agricultural summer, the protection of crops and cattle against evil spirits, characterized by the ritual of placing a green branch (bearing the same name) at gates or houses.
- Self-empathy — The conscious ability to manifest understanding, compassion, tolerance, and acceptance toward one's own experiences, mistakes, vulnerabilities, or emotional suffering; the capacity to relate to oneself with the same warmth and gentleness that an individual offers to a dear friend in difficulty.
- Self-hypnosis — A state of hypnosis or trance induced by a person upon themselves through techniques of concentration, breathing, and mental autosuggestion, without the intervention of an external hypnotist; self-hypnosis. It is widely utilized in stress management, overcoming insomnia, and modifying unwanted behaviors.
- To ignore oneself — To ignore oneself; to knowingly or unconsciously neglect one's own person, desires, fundamental needs, health status, or social existence. In clinical psychology, the behavior often reflects a dysfunctional self-defense mechanism or low self-esteem, with the individual exclusively prioritizing external demands over their own psychosomatic balance.
- To delude oneself — To create vain illusions for oneself, to feed on unfounded hopes, or to deceive oneself voluntarily or unconsciously regarding surrounding reality or one's own person. In behavioral psychology, the process reflects an ego defense mechanism through which the mind distorts objective facts to avoid cognitive dissonance, emotional suffering, or confrontation with a painful truth.
- Self-deluded — Creating vain illusions for oneself and refusing to see the truth; being in a state of conscious or unconscious self-delusion regarding the reality of objective facts. The term describes a person who has fallen victim to their own defensive mechanisms of reality distortion or a belief system built on willingly accepted false premises.
- Self-meditation — The act or practice of meditating alone, without the guidance of an instructor, therapist, or external audio track; a profound process of conscious introspection and mental centering achieved through one's own breathing, concentration, and visualization techniques. In transpersonal psychology, it represents an advanced form of emotional self-regulation and spiritual exploration through which the individual quiets their thought stream, analyzes their inner states, and seeks to achieve mindfulness or existential clarity in full autonomy.