psy·cho·gen·e·sis

(sī′kə-jĕn′ĭ-sĭs)

1. The origin and development of psychological processes, personality, or behavior.

2. Development of a disorder or illness resulting from psychological rather than physiological factors.

psy′cho·ge·net′ic (-jə-nĕt′ĭk) adj.

psy′cho·ge·net′i·cal·ly adv.

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psychogenesis

(ˌsaɪkəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs)

(Psychology) psychol the study of the origin and development of personality, human behaviour, and mental processes. Also called: psychogenetics

psychogenetic, psychogenetical adj

ˌpsychogeˈnetically adv

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psy•cho•gen•e•sis

(ˌsaɪ koʊˈdʒɛn ə sɪs)

n.

1. the origin and development of a psychological or behavioral state.

2. the emotional cause of or contribution to symptoms of a disorder.

[1830–40]

psy`cho•ge•net′ic (-dʒəˈnɛt ɪk) adj.

psychogenesis

the appearance of physical symptoms as a result of emotional problems. — psychogenic, psychogenetic, adj.

See also: Disease and Illness

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Noun	1.	psychogenesis - the development in the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factors growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
	2.	psychogenesis - a general term for the origin and development of almost any aspect of the mind growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"

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