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psychogenic

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˌsaɪkɒˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/
  • CMU ARPABET: S AY2 K OW0 JH EH1 N IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Originating from or caused by state of mind; having a psychological rather than a physiological cause.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to the psychological cause of a disorder

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: psychogenetic

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

mental or emotional rather than physiological in origin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a psychogenic disorder

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From psycho- + -genic.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: psicogen — originating from or caused by state of mind
  • Chinese Mandarin: 心因性的 (xīnyīnxìng de) — originating from or caused by state of mind
  • Czech: psychogenní — originating from or caused by state of mind
  • Finnish: psykogeeninen — originating from or caused by state of mind
  • French: psychogène — originating from or caused by state of mind
  • German: psychogen — originating from or caused by state of mind
  • Hungarian: pszichogén — originating from or caused by state of mind
  • Irish: sícigineach — originating from or caused by state of mind
  • Italian: psicogeno — originating from or caused by state of mind
  • Japanese: 心因性の (shin'insei no) — originating from or caused by state of mind
  • Korean: 심인성(心因性)의 (siminseong-ui) — originating from or caused by state of mind
  • Russian: психоге́нный (psixogénnyj) — originating from or caused by state of mind
  • Spanish: psicogénico — originating from or caused by state of mind
  • Spanish: sicogénico — originating from or caused by state of mind
  • Swedish: psykogen — originating from or caused by state of mind