Definition of psychotaxis
:an involuntary adjustment of one's modes of thought and action for keeping the agreeable and avoiding the disagreeable as a mechanism of ego defense
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psychotaxis
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psy·cho·taxis
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ˌsīkō+
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Origin and Etymology of psychotaxis
New Latin, from psych- + -taxis
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