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psychogenesis

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sī′kə jen′ə sis)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
psy•cho•gen•e•sis  (sī′kə jen′ə sis),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Psychologygenesis of the psyche.
  2. Psychologythe origin of physical or psychological states, normal or abnormal, out of the interplay of conscious and unconscious psychological forces.
  3. Pathologythe origin of symptoms as a result of emotional causes.
  • Neo-Latin; see psycho-, -genesis
  • 1830–40;
psy′cho•ge•net′i•cal•ly, adv. 

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