PSYCHOGENESIS | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Psychogenesis

Speech Type: Noun

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˌsʌɪkəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs
Dialects: British English
Definition:

the psychological cause to which a mental illness or behavioural disturbance may be attributed (as distinct from a physical cause)

Short Definition:

psychological cause to which mental illness or behavioural disturbance may be attributed

Examples:
  • they traced the psychogenesis of those cases to an early excessive affection for the mother or the father

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