Etymology

psychonarration

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Today it means: A narrative technique used by a narrator to represent a character's consciousness or inner thoughts, often characterized by smooth transitions between the narrator's own commentary and transcriptions of the character's internal mental states. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ψυχή ← Latin narrātiō
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  1. Latin · derived fromnarrātiō“narrative, narration”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromψυχή“mind, soul”
  3. English todaypsychonarration

From psycho- (“mind”) + narration, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “mind, soul”) and Latin narrātiō (“narrative, narration”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekψυχή all →

psychologypsychicpsychedelicpsychepsychopathpolypsychismpsychonarrativepsychophorpsychosophy

Latinnarrātiō all →

narration

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