- psychagogy
- psy·cha·gogy
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psychagogy
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psychagogy — noun ( es) Etymology: Late Greek psychagōgia evocation of souls from the lower world, from Greek, persuasion, winning of souls, from psychagōgos leading the soul + ia y 1. : guidance of the soul especially of a departed one 2. [Greek psychagōgia… … Useful english dictionary
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behavior — Synonyms and related words: Pavlovian conditioning, act, acting, action, actions, activism, activity, bearing, comportment, conditioned response, conditioning, conduct, demeanor, deportment, doing, employment, exercise, function, functioning,… … Moby Thesaurus
conditioning — Synonyms and related words: Pavlovian conditioning, absorption and regurgitation, acclimation, acclimatization, accommodation, accustoming, adaptation, adaption, addictive, adjustment, apprenticeship, automatic writing, automatism, basic training … Moby Thesaurus
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psychagogic — |sīkə|gäjik adjective Etymology: Greek psychagōgikos, from psychagōgia persuasion, winning of souls + ikos ic 1. : attractive, persuasive, inspiring 2. : of or relating to psychagogy … Useful english dictionary
