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adjectiveideogenic (not comparable)
- not comparableArising from an idea, or from a person's own thoughts.
Unlike Freud's formulation of hysteria as ideogenic, the early Independents ascribed pathology to exogenous causes (that is, inadequate maternal function vs. the baby's hostile predisposition or fantasies).
2018, Paul Williams, John Keane, Sira Dermen, Independent Psychoanalysis Today
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ideogenic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ideogenic
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“ideogenic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ideogenic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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