psychogony

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English

Etymology

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.

Noun

psychogony (countable and uncountable, plural psychogonies)

  1. (philosophy) The study of the origins and development of the soul or mind.