psychographyn.

Brit.

/sʌɪˈkɒɡrəfi/, U.S.

/saɪˈkɑɡrəfi/

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

Etymology: < psycho- comb. form + -graphy comb. form. Compare French psychographie descriptive psychology (1834), production of writing or drawing supposedly by a spiritual agency, through a medium (1863 or earlier), psychological description of an individual (1906 with reference to psychological description on the basis of an individual's handwriting; 1910 with reference to the method used by W. Stern and others). Compare psychogram n., psychograph n.In sense 3 probably after German Psychographie (probably 1910 or earlier in the unpublished lecture notes from which the passage in quot. 1910 is translated; 1911 in a published source: W. Stern Differentielle Psychol. (1911) iii. xxii. 327; 1826 or earlier in sense ‘psychobiography’, 1897 or earlier in sense 1).

1. Spiritualism. The production of writing, drawing, etc., supposedly by a spiritual or psychical agency, esp. through the hand of a medium; writing or drawing produced in this way. Cf. pneumatography n. 2 and spirit writing n. at spirit n. Compounds 1f.

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the world > the supernatural > the occult > spiritualism > [noun] > spirit-writing

psychography1843

spirit writing1851

1843 R. H. Collyer Psychography 39 I was not a little pleased on discovering that in Europe, some months after my 'bowl of molasses experiment', the subject of Psychography was occupying the attention of the ablest minds... I have experimentally shown the fact of embodiment of thought before audiences of several hundred.

1855 R. F. Burton Meccah II. xx. 241 Germany sends forth Psychography, whilst Europe..dotes over..clairvoyance.

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Sept. 3/1 He laughed at the Psychical Society... But he would slate-write before anybody. Psychography, he called it.

1917 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 8 Sept. 7/5 (advt.) First Church of Psycho-Science... After sermon evening devoted to demonstrations in psychography or independent slate writing.

1952 J. Drever Dict. Psychol. 227 Psychography, writing, ostensibly produced without the activity of a medium's muscles.

1990 L. Picknett Encycl. Paranormal 122/2 He became a practising Spiritualist medium in 1917, specialising in what the Brazilians called psychography.

2. The description, delineation, or history of the psyche; descriptive psychology. Also: = psychobiography n.

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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > interdisciplinary psychology > [noun] > descriptive psychology

psychography1883

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > biography > [noun] > art of psychobiography

psychography1929

psychobiography1932

c1833 W. H. Brookfield Let. in H. Tennyson Alfred Ld. Tennyson: Mem. (1897) I. v. 126 At autopsychography I am not good, if I had any idiopsychology to autopsychographize.]

1883 Academy 20 Jan. 36/3 This faculty of what may be called psychography, of drawing the landscape of moods with atmosphere and environment suitable and complete.

1895 Daily Chron. 6 Nov. 3/1 You aim, then, at a sort of spiritual biography of your subject—what has recently been called a psychography.

1912 G. Bradford Lee the American App. 269 We live in an age of names and a new name has recently been invented—psychography. This means..an art which is not psychology,..not general principles, and is not biography, because it..uses only those deeds and words and happenings that are spiritually significant.

1929 G. Bradford in E. C. Wagenknecht Man C. Dickens p. xi Psychography discards chronology, does not concern itself in any way with the sequence of external fact, except in so far as such is absolutely necessary to make clear the background.

1990 C. Paglia Sexual Personae xxiii. 605 This is not biography but psychography. That is, such fictive assertions constitute the masculine personae of the bisexual Leaves of Grass.

2006 Washington Times (Nexis) 6 Mar. b6 While there most certainly are interesting parallels between Faulkner's life and certain episodes in his fiction..the writing of biography as ‘psychography’ is [a] chancy endeavor.

3. Psychology. The systematic examination of an individual's psyche or personality; the making of a psychogram (psychogram n. 2) or psychograms. Now rare.

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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of personality > testing of personality > [noun]

psychodiagnosis1909

psychography1910

psychodiagnostics1911

psychodiagnostic1933

1910 tr. W. Stern in Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 21 278 A ‘Scheme of Psychography’ of as complete a kind as possible should be worked out, i.e. ‘a list..of all those characteristics which can in any possible way come into consideration in the study of individuality’.

1921 Education 41 510 Psychography may be defined as the science of making graphic records of mental traits.

1938 G. W. Allport Personality xv. 404 Psychography has a striking advantage to offset its limitations. It is a method particularly well suited to the comparative study of personality, which..demands the use of common traits.

2000 J. B. Asendorpf in L. R. Bergman et al. Developmental Sci. & Holistic Approach xviii. 284 ‘Psychographie’ (psychography) studies intraindividual differences in one person, and ‘Komparationsforschung’..is based on correlations between persons over variables.

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

单词	psychography
释义	psychographyn. Brit. /sʌɪˈkɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /saɪˈkɑɡrəfi/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: psycho- comb. form, -graphy comb. form. Etymology: < psycho- comb. form + -graphy comb. form. Compare French psychographie descriptive psychology (1834), production of writing or drawing supposedly by a spiritual agency, through a medium (1863 or earlier), psychological description of an individual (1906 with reference to psychological description on the basis of an individual's handwriting; 1910 with reference to the method used by W. Stern and others). Compare psychogram n., psychograph n.In sense 3 probably after German Psychographie (probably 1910 or earlier in the unpublished lecture notes from which the passage in quot. 1910 is translated; 1911 in a published source: W. Stern Differentielle Psychol. (1911) iii. xxii. 327; 1826 or earlier in sense ‘psychobiography’, 1897 or earlier in sense 1). 1. Spiritualism. The production of writing, drawing, etc., supposedly by a spiritual or psychical agency, esp. through the hand of a medium; writing or drawing produced in this way. Cf. pneumatography n. 2 and spirit writing n. at spirit n. Compounds 1f. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > spiritualism > [noun] > spirit-writing psychography1843 spirit writing1851 1843 R. H. Collyer Psychography 39 I was not a little pleased on discovering that in Europe, some months after my 'bowl of molasses experiment', the subject of Psychography was occupying the attention of the ablest minds... I have experimentally shown the fact of embodiment of thought before audiences of several hundred. 1855 R. F. Burton Meccah II. xx. 241 Germany sends forth Psychography, whilst Europe..dotes over..clairvoyance. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Sept. 3/1 He laughed at the Psychical Society... But he would slate-write before anybody. Psychography, he called it. 1917 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 8 Sept. 7/5 (advt.) First Church of Psycho-Science... After sermon evening devoted to demonstrations in psychography or independent slate writing. 1952 J. Drever Dict. Psychol. 227 Psychography, writing, ostensibly produced without the activity of a medium's muscles. 1990 L. Picknett Encycl. Paranormal 122/2 He became a practising Spiritualist medium in 1917, specialising in what the Brazilians called psychography. 2. The description, delineation, or history of the psyche; descriptive psychology. Also: = psychobiography n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > interdisciplinary psychology > [noun] > descriptive psychology psychography1883 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > biography > [noun] > art of psychobiography psychography1929 psychobiography1932 c1833 W. H. Brookfield Let. in H. Tennyson Alfred Ld. Tennyson: Mem. (1897) I. v. 126 At autopsychography I am not good, if I had any idiopsychology to autopsychographize.] 1883 Academy 20 Jan. 36/3 This faculty of what may be called psychography, of drawing the landscape of moods with atmosphere and environment suitable and complete. 1895 Daily Chron. 6 Nov. 3/1 You aim, then, at a sort of spiritual biography of your subject—what has recently been called a psychography. 1912 G. Bradford Lee the American App. 269 We live in an age of names and a new name has recently been invented—psychography. This means..an art which is not psychology,..not general principles, and is not biography, because it..uses only those deeds and words and happenings that are spiritually significant. 1929 G. Bradford in E. C. Wagenknecht Man C. Dickens p. xi Psychography discards chronology, does not concern itself in any way with the sequence of external fact, except in so far as such is absolutely necessary to make clear the background. 1990 C. Paglia Sexual Personae xxiii. 605 This is not biography but psychography. That is, such fictive assertions constitute the masculine personae of the bisexual Leaves of Grass. 2006 Washington Times (Nexis) 6 Mar. b6 While there most certainly are interesting parallels between Faulkner's life and certain episodes in his fiction..the writing of biography as ‘psychography’ is [a] chancy endeavor. 3. Psychology. The systematic examination of an individual's psyche or personality; the making of a psychogram (psychogram n. 2) or psychograms. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of personality > testing of personality > [noun] psychodiagnosis1909 psychography1910 psychodiagnostics1911 psychodiagnostic1933 1910 tr. W. Stern in Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 21 278 A ‘Scheme of Psychography’ of as complete a kind as possible should be worked out, i.e. ‘a list..of all those characteristics which can in any possible way come into consideration in the study of individuality’. 1921 Education 41 510 Psychography may be defined as the science of making graphic records of mental traits. 1938 G. W. Allport Personality xv. 404 Psychography has a striking advantage to offset its limitations. It is a method particularly well suited to the comparative study of personality, which..demands the use of common traits. 2000 J. B. Asendorpf in L. R. Bergman et al. Developmental Sci. & Holistic Approach xviii. 284 ‘Psychographie’ (psychography) studies intraindividual differences in one person, and ‘Komparationsforschung’..is based on correlations between persons over variables. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1843
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