Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

psychogenesis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: psy-cho-gen-e-sis
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The origin and development of psychological processes such as personality and behaviour

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The development of a physical disorder from a psychological factor

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From psycho- + -genesis.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: psycho
Suffix: genesis

Usage

Inflected Forms

psychogeneses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

psychosomatic psychogenic

Questions

What does psychogenesis mean?: The origin and development of psychological processes such as personality and behaviour
Where does psychogenesis come from?: From psycho- + -genesis.

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