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psychogony

psychogony noun: the study of the origins and development of the soul or mind.

Noun

psychogony (countable and uncountable, plural psychogonies)

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

psychogony meaning in Tamil

psychogony in Tamil

உருத்தோற்றம்

Forms of psychogony

pluralpsychogonies

Origin of psychogony

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.

Questions about psychogony

What does psychogony mean?
Psychogony means the study of the origins and development of the soul or mind.
What is psychogony in Tamil?
Psychogony in Tamil is உருத்தோற்றம். See Psychogony meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is psychogony?
Psychogony is a noun.
What is the plural of psychogony?
The plural of psychogony is psychogonies.

Words near psychogony in the dictionary

  1. psychogerontology
  2. psychognostic
  3. psychognosy
  4. psychogonical
  5. psychogonies
  6. psychogony
  7. psychogram
  8. psychograms
  9. psychograph
  10. psychographed
  11. psychographer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: psychogony (page history and authors); psychogony (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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