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anagogic
[ an-uh-goj-ik ]
/ ˌæn əˈgɒdʒ ɪk /
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adjective
of or relating to an anagoge.
Psychology. deriving from, pertaining to, or reflecting the moral or idealistic striving of the unconscious: anagogic image; anagogic interpretation.
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Also an·a·gog·i·cal [an-uh-goj-i-kuhl] /ˌæn əˈgɒdʒ ɪ kəl/ .
Origin of anagogic
OTHER WORDS FROM anagogic
an·a·gog·i·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby anagogic
anaglyph, anaglyphoscope, Anaglypta, anagnorisis, anagoge, anagogic, anagogy, anagram, anagrammatize, anagrammer, Anaheim
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How to use anagogic in a sentence
His mental glance was even more oblique than theirs, fixed as it was upon the moral or spiritual—the anagogic—inference.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor