anagogic

American  

[an-uh-goj-ik] / ˌæn əˈgɒdʒ ɪk /

Also anagogical

adjective

1. of or relating to an anagoge.

2. Psychology. deriving from, pertaining to, or reflecting the moral or idealistic striving of the unconscious.

   anagogic image; anagogic interpretation.

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Other Word Forms

• anagogically adverb

Etymology

Origin of anagogic

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Medieval Latin word anagogicus. See anagoge, -ic

Example Sentences

The third meaning of this work of imagination lies in different relations half way between the psychoanalytic and the anagogic, and can, as alchemistic literature shows, be conceived as the bearer of the anagogic.

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We find it, for instance, in the criticism of Virgil, to whose work were attributed four distinct meanings: literal, allegorical, moral, and anagogic.

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The ethically indifferent meaning of the tale alongside of the psychoanalytic and the anagogic corresponds to the chemical contents of the hermetic writings.

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Secondly, the question presents itself more particularly how can two so antithetic meanings as the psychoanalytic and the anagogic exist side by side.

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The multiple interpretation of works of fantasy has become our problem, and the diametrical opposition of the psychoanalytic and the anagogic interpretation has particularly struck us.

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