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psychography

noun
psy·​chog·​ra·​phy | \ sīˈkägrəfē\
plural -es

Definition of psychography

1 : automatic writing used for spiritualistic purposes
2 : the production of images of spirits upon sensitive plates without the use of a camera held to be accomplished by means of spiritualistic forces
3 [ French psychographie, from psych- + -graphie -graphy ] : the description of an individual's mental characteristics and their development : psychological biography

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psych- + -graphy

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