psychography

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noun

The act of a spirit possessing one's physical body in order to write something.

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automatic writing
First used 19th c.Scrabble 31
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Meanings

nounpsychography (usually uncountable, plural psychographies)

plural psychographies

  1. uncountableusuallyparapsychologyThe act of a spirit possessing one's physical body in order to write something.
  2. uncountableusuallyA description of the psyche.First known use 19th c.

    He spurns “neuters and geldings” in favor of “men and women fully equipt.” This is not biography but psychography.

    1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae

Synonyms & antonyms

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automatic writing
Also see
automatic writing

Origin

From psycho- + -graphy.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

psychography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychography

MLA

“psychography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychography. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “psychography,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychography.

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