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PSYCHOGENIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mental or emotional rather than physiological in origin

Example:

a psychogenic disorder

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

mental (involving the mind or an intellectual process)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to the psychological cause of a disorder

Synonyms:

psychogenetic; psychogenic

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

psychogenesis (the development in the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factors)

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