psychogenesis

What does psychogenesis mean?

psychogenesis means "the development in the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factors". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in psychogenesis?

psychogenesis has 5 syllables and divides as psy-cho-ge-ne-sis under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is psychogenesis a common word?

psychogenesis is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for psychogenesis come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.