Polypsychism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The belief that a person may have multiple souls; the theory that one's mind can contain multiple psychic elements. uncountable

    "Jung's famous “complex theory” […] is based on a model of the mind that emphasized dissociation and polypsychism."

Example

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"Jung's famous “complex theory” […] is based on a model of the mind that emphasized dissociation and polypsychism."

Etymology

From poly- + Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) + -ism.

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