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Definition of Psychogenesis

1. Noun. The development in the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factors.

2. Noun. A general term for the origin and development of almost any aspect of the mind.

Definition of Psychogenesis

1. n. Genesis through an internal force, as opposed to natural selection.

Definition of Psychogenesis

1. Noun. The origin and development of psychological processes such as personality and behaviour ¹

2. Noun. The development of a physical disorder from a psychological factor ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Psychogenesis

1. [n -GENESES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Psychogenesis

psychodid psychodrama psychodramas psychodramatic psychodramatically psychodynamic psychodynamically psychodynamics psychodysleptic psychoeconomic

psychoeducation psychoeducational psychoemotional psychogalvanic response psychogeneses psychogenesis psychogenetic psychogeneticist psychogeneticists psychogenetics

psychogenic psychogenic fugue psychogenically psychogeographer psychogeographers psychogeographical psychogeographically psychogeography psychogeriatrician psychogeriatrics

Literary usage of Psychogenesis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cat: An Introduction to the Study of Backboned Animals, Especially Mammals by St. George Jackson Mivart (1881)
"But the further question may yet be asked, what determines the origin of species by psychogenesis ? What controls and directs the successive evolutions and ..."

2. From India to the Planet Mars: A Study of a Case of Somnambulism with by Théodore Flournoy (1900)
"I. Psychogenesis OP LEOPOLD A description of the development of Leopold is not easy, since he has a double origin, apparent and real, like the cranial ..."

3. From India to the Planet Mars: A Study of a Case of Somnambulism with by Théodore Flournoy (1901)
"I. Psychogenesis OF LEOPOLD A description of the development of Leopold is not easy, since he has a double origin, apparent and real, like the cranial ..."

4. Studies in Forensic Psychiatry by Bernard Glueck (1916)
"STUDIES IN FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY CHAPTER I Psychogenesis IN THE PSYCHOSES OF PRISONERS THAT mental disorder may be due to causes purely psychic in nature is ..."

5. Study of Organ Inferiority and Its Psychical Compensation: A Contribution to by Alfred Adler (1917)
"... OF ORGAN INFERIORITY—Psychogenesis AND FOUNDATIONS OF NEUROSES AND PSYCHONEUROSES Here I wish to add a few considerations which are almost self- evident ..."

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