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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The origin and development of psychological processes such as personality and behaviour countable, uncountable
2. 2
   a general term for the origin and development of almost any aspect of the mind wordnet
3. 3
   The development of a physical disorder from a psychological factor countable, uncountable
4. 4
   the development in the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factors wordnet

Etymology

From psycho- + -genesis.

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