psychography
English
Etymology
From psycho- + -graphy.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi
Noun
psychography (usually uncountable, plural psychographies)
- (spiritualism) The act of a spirit possessing one's physical body in order to write something.
- A description of the psyche. [from 19th c.]
- 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
- He spurns “neuters and geldings” in favor of “men and women fully equipt.” This is not biography but psychography.
- 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
Synonyms
- (spiritualistic act): automatic writing
Translations
description of phenomena of mind
act of a spirit controlling someone's writing — see automatic writing