psychogony
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle French psychogonie, from Late Latin psychogonia, from Koine Greek ψυχογονία (psukhogonía), from ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul, mind”) + γόνος (gónos, “descent”). By surface analysis, psycho- + -gony.
Noun[edit]
psychogony (countable and uncountable, plural psychogonies)
- (philosophy) The study of the origins and development of the soul or mind.
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