psychogenesis

/ˈsaɪkoʊˌdʒɛnəsəs/
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Definitions of psychogenesis
  1. noun
    a general term for the origin and development of almost any aspect of the mind
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    development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny
    (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
  2. noun
    the development in the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factors
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    type of:
    development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny
    (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
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