psychurgyn.

Brit.

/ˈsʌɪkəːdʒi/, U.S.

/ˈsaɪkərdʒi/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: psycho- comb. form, -urgy comb. form.

Etymology: < psycho- comb. form + -urgy comb. form.

Now historical and rare.

The supposed ability to understand and enhance the structure, operation, and capabilities of the mind through thinking and self-analysis; the study of this considered as a science.

ΚΠ

1896 N. Brit. Daily Mail 10 Oct. 4 The Director of the Laboratory of Psychology and Psychurgy at Washington.

1902 Fitchburg (Mass.) Daily Sentinel 14 Oct. 10/6 Out of years of objective and personal analysis, he [sc. Elmer Gates] has evolved an art which he names psychurgy, or the art of mind-using and mind-embodiment.

1989 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Foucault's Pendulum xli. 257 I could add..anthropognosis, which studies human anatomy, and the sciences of divination, psychurgy, social astrology, hermetic history.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	psychurgy
释义	psychurgyn. Brit. /ˈsʌɪkəːdʒi/, U.S. /ˈsaɪkərdʒi/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: psycho- comb. form, -urgy comb. form. Etymology: < psycho- comb. form + -urgy comb. form. Now historical and rare. The supposed ability to understand and enhance the structure, operation, and capabilities of the mind through thinking and self-analysis; the study of this considered as a science. ΚΠ 1896 N. Brit. Daily Mail 10 Oct. 4 The Director of the Laboratory of Psychology and Psychurgy at Washington. 1902 Fitchburg (Mass.) Daily Sentinel 14 Oct. 10/6 Out of years of objective and personal analysis, he [sc. Elmer Gates] has evolved an art which he names psychurgy, or the art of mind-using and mind-embodiment. 1989 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Foucault's Pendulum xli. 257 I could add..anthropognosis, which studies human anatomy, and the sciences of divination, psychurgy, social astrology, hermetic history. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1896
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