anagogic

[ an-uh-goj-ik ]

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.

Other Words From

• an·a·gog·i·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of anagogic¹

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

Example Sentences

His mental glance was even more oblique than theirs, fixed as it was upon the moral or spiritual—the anagogic—inference.

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