Definitions

1. noun

The origin or formation of the mind or of mental characteristics.

“The study of psychogeny has shed light on the early development of cognitive abilities in children.”

2. noun

In biology, the process of generating an organism or a part of an organism from a non-living source, such as the formation of a plant from a spore or the formation of an embryo from a sperm cell.

“The process of psychogeny in plants allows them to grow and develop from spores.”