psychogony

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noun

The study of the origins and development of the soul or mind.

OriginMiddle French psychogonie ← Late Latin psychogonia ← Koine Greek ψυχογονία →
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Meanings

nounpsychogony (countable and uncountable, plural psychogonies)

plural psychogonies

  1. countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe study of the origins and development of the soul or mind.

Origin

  1. Koine Greekψυχογονία
  2. Late Latinpsychogonia
  3. Middle Frenchpsychogonie
  4. Englishpsychogony

Borrowed from Middle French psychogonie, from Late Latin psychogonia, from Koine Greek ψυχογονία (psukhogonía), from ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul, mind”) + γόνος (gónos, “descent”). By surface analysis, psycho- + -gony.

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APA

psychogony. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychogony

MLA

“psychogony.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychogony. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “psychogony,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychogony.

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