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Noun: psychogenesis  `sI-kow'je-ni-sis
  1. The development in the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factors
     
  2. A general term for the origin and development of almost any aspect of the mind

See also: psychogenetic, psychogenic

Type of: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny

Encyclopedia: Psychogenesis