enantiodromia
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The principle in Jungian psychology whereby the superabundance of one force inevitably produces its opposite, as with physical equilibrium.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "If one wishes to gain an understanding of how humanity could shift from the one to the other, one needs to have an understanding of the enantiodromia (a movement that turns into its opposite) of the development of gathering into agriculture."
- "By what he termed the law of enantiodromia, or the reversal into the opposite, the other function entered in, namely, feeling for the introvert, and thinking for the extravert."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐναντιοδρομία (enantiodromía, “running in a contrary direction”), from ἐναντίος (enantíos, “opposite”) + δρόμος (drómos, “running”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ἐναντιοδρομία