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psychostasia

psychostasia noun: the weighing of souls, as a form of judgment of people's worth.

Noun

psychostasia (uncountable)

  1. The weighing of souls, as a form of judgment of people's worth.

Origin of psychostasia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψυχοστασία (psukhostasía, “weighing of lives”).

Questions about psychostasia

What does psychostasia mean?
Psychostasia means the weighing of souls, as a form of judgment of people's worth.
What part of speech is psychostasia?
Psychostasia is a noun.

Words near psychostasia in the dictionary

  1. psychosophy
  2. psychosphere
  3. psychospheres
  4. psychospiritual
  5. psychospiritually
  6. psychostasia
  7. psychostasy
  8. psychostatic
  9. psychostatical
  10. psychostatically
  11. psychostatics

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