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noun
The origin and development of psychological processes such as personality and behaviour
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The development of a physical disorder from a psychological factor
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
a general term for the origin and development of almost any aspect of the mind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
noun
the development in the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factors
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
History
From psycho- + -genesis.
