Etymology

psychostasia

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Today it means: The weighing of souls, as a form of judgment of people's worth. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ψυχοστασία
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromψυχοστασία“weighing of lives”
  2. English todaypsychostasia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψυχοστασία (psukhostasía, “weighing of lives”).

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