Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ideogenic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ideogenic
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Arising from an idea, or from a person's own thoughts.

Example Sentences

"Unlike Freud's formulation of hysteria as ideogenic, the early Independents ascribed pathology to exogenous causes (that is, inadequate maternal function vs. the baby's hostile predisposition or fantasies)."

Etymology

From ideo- + -genic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ideo
Suffix: genic

Questions

What does ideogenic mean?: Arising from an idea, or from a person's own thoughts.
Where does ideogenic come from?: From ideo- + -genic.

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