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psychogenic

[sahy-kuh-jen-ik]
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adjective Psychology.
  1. having origin in the mind or in a mental condition or process: a psychogenic disorder.
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Origin of psychogenic

First recorded in 1900–05; psycho- + -genic
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  • The detailed recital usually furnishes many valuable clues which make the psychogenic origin of the symptoms clear to the patient.

    Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology

    C. G. Jung

  • Viewed from the newly-gained standpoint, there resulted, first of all, a totally new theory of psychogenic disturbances.

  • Since there was no organic cause for the disturbance, the case was clearly to be regarded as hysterical, that is, psychogenic.

British Dictionary definitions for psychogenic

psychogenic

adjective
  1. psychol (esp of disorders or symptoms) of mental, rather than organic, origin
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Derived Formspsychogenically, adverb
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Word Origin and History for psychogenic

adj.

1884, from psycho- + -genic.

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