psy·cho·gen·e·sis (s  k -j n  -ss)n. 1. The origin and development of psychological processes, personality, or behavior. 2. Development of a medical disorder or illness resulting from psychological rather than physiological factors. psy cho·ge·netic (-j-ntk) adj.psy cho·ge·neti·cal·ly adv. |
psychogenesis [ˌsaɪkəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs]
n
(Psychology) Psychol the study of the origin and development of personality, human behaviour, and mental processes
psychogenetic [ˌsaɪkəʊdʒɪˈnɛtɪk] adj
psychogenetically adv
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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