单词 | noogenic |
释义 | noogenicadj. 1. In or with reference to the writings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: relating to noogenesis. rare. ΚΠ 1959 B. Wall tr. P. Teilhard de Chardin Phenomenon of Man 307 Without doubt, the ‘noogenic’ forces of compression, organisation and interiorisation, under which the biological synthesis of reflection operates, do not at any moment relax their pressure on the stuff of mankind. 2. Psychology. Chiefly with reference to the terminology of V. E. Frankl: designating a form of mental illness or breakdown attributed to existential concerns or problems, esp. a feeling of meaninglessness, arising from modern life. ΚΠ 1964 I. Lasch tr. V. E. Frankl Man's Search for Meaning (rev. ed.) ii. 102 Existential frustration can also result in neuroses. For this type of neuroses, logotherapy has coined the term ‘noögenic neuroses’ in contrast to..psychogenic neuroses. Noögenic neuroses have their origin..in the noölogical (from the Greek ‘noos’ meaning mind) dimension of the human existence. 1991 N. A. Polasnky Integrated Ego Psychol. (ed. 2) xiv. 334 A noogenic neurosis, then, would consist in denying or otherwise repressing recognition of one's task, frustrating one's will to meaning. 2000 Adbusters June–July 37/1 Remain in the existential vacuum long enough, and you spiral into a serious condition..called Noogenic Neurosis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1959 |
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