psychodiagnostically

adverb

In terms of, or by means of, psychodiagnosis.

Scrabble 37

Meanings

adverbpsychodiagnostically (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn terms of, or by means of, psychodiagnosis.

    Psychodiagnostically, this patient would appear to be a case of alcoholism in association with a personality disorder.

    1974, Richard S. Lazarus, The Riddle of Man: An Introduction to Psychology, page 494

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
  2. Ancient Greekψῡχο- (psūkho-)
  3. Englishpsycho-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  5. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  7. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  8. Ancient Greekδια- (dia-)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti
  11. Proto-Hellenic*gignṓskō
  12. Ancient Greekγῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō)
  13. Ancient Greekδῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō)
  14. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)
  15. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
  16. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃tis
  18. Ancient Greekγνῶσις (gnôsis)
  19. Ancient Greekγνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós)
  20. Ancient Greekδῐαγνωστῐκός (dĭagnōstĭkós)
  21. Englishdiagnostic
  22. Englishpsychodiagnostic
  23. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  24. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  25. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  26. Proto-Germanic*līką
  27. Englishpsychodiagnostically

From psychodiagnostic + -ally. By surface analysis, psycho- + diagnostically.

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