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

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