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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the development in the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factors;

2. a general term for the origin and development of almost any aspect of the mind;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Psychogenesis \Psy`cho*gen"e*sis\, n. Genesis through an internal force, as opposed to natural selection. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

psychogenesis n 1: the development in the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factors 2: a general term for the origin and development of almost any aspect of the mind