psychography

English

Etymology

From psycho- +‎ -graphy.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

Noun

psychography (usually uncountable, plural psychographies)

1. (spiritualism) The act of a spirit possessing one's physical body in order to write something.
2. 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.

Synonyms

• (spiritualistic act): automatic writing

Translations

description of phenomena of mind

act of a spirit controlling someone's writing — see automatic writing