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

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Etymology

Origin of anagogic

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

anagogic

The anagogic interpretation is indeed a prospective explanation in the sense of an ethical advance.

From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Smith Ely Jelliffe

If we wish to contrast their titanic with their anagogic aspect, we get approximately the following scheme, to which I add the familiar astrological characters of the seven planets.

From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Smith Ely Jelliffe

What I have already taken from the anagogic fairy tale interpretation as a symbol of introversion shows, of course, also the character of intro-determination.

From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Smith Ely Jelliffe

The necessity of reckoning with an anagogic content of myths results from the fact that religions with their ethical valuations, have developed from mythical beginnings.

From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Smith Ely Jelliffe

To the most general type belong then, without doubt, those symbols or frequently disguised images, concerning which we wondered before, that besides representing “titanic” tendencies, they are fitted to represent the anagogic.

From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Smith Ely Jelliffe

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