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psychogenesis

[ sahy-kuh-jen-uh-sis ]

noun

  1. genesis of the psyche.
  2. Psychology. the origin of physical or psychological states, normal or abnormal, out of the interplay of conscious and unconscious psychological forces.
  3. Pathology. the origin of symptoms as a result of emotional causes.


psychogenesis

/ ˌsaɪkəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs; ˌsaɪkəʊdʒɪˈnɛtɪk /

noun

  1. psychol the study of the origin and development of personality, human behaviour, and mental processes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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··Աi·· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of psychogenesis1

From New Latin, dating back to 1830–40; psycho-, -genesis
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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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