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psychogenesis
[ sahy-kuh-jen-uh-sis ]
noun
- genesis of the psyche.
- Psychology. the origin of physical or psychological states, normal or abnormal, out of the interplay of conscious and unconscious psychological forces.
- Pathology. the origin of symptoms as a result of emotional causes.
psychogenesis
/ ˌsaɪkəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs; ˌsaɪkəʊdʒɪˈnɛtɪk /
noun
- psychol the study of the origin and development of personality, human behaviour, and mental processes
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Derived Forms
- psychogenetic, adjective
- ˌ⳦DzˈԱپ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms
- ···Ա· [sahy-koh-j, uh, -, net, -ik], adjective
- c··Աi·· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of psychogenesis1
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Example Sentences
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Four sources have been propounded for the study of psychogenesis.
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Once or twice he spoke of "psychogenesis" with an emphatic enunciation which seemed to invite respectful wonder.
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In a recent work on the subject of psychogenesis he upholds his former views, and believes he has been able to separate his cases into three distinct groups.
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Social psychogenesis is a present and a progressive process.
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The author emphasizes the motor elements in mental evolution, and thus introduces into psychogenesis a point of view which is eminently characteristic of modern psychology….
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