Etymology

psychonarrative

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Today it means: Pertaining to the psychonarration technique, where the narrator describes a character's internal mental states, such as thoughts or emotions, without directly quoting them. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ψυχή ← Latin narrātīvus
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  1. Latin · derived fromnarrātīvus“narrative”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromψυχή“mind, soul”
  3. English todaypsychonarrative

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

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekψυχή all →

psychologypsychicpsychedelicpsychepsychopathpolypsychismpsychonarrationpsychophorpsychosophy

Latinnarrātīvus all →

narrative

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