单词 | psychopetal |
释义 | > as lemmaspsychopetal psychopetal adj. Brit. /ˌsʌɪkə(ʊ)ˈpiːtl/ , /sʌɪˈkɒpᵻtl/ , U.S. /saɪˈkɑpəd(ə)l/ [after German psychopetal ( H. Münsterberg Ueber Aufgaben und Methoden der Psychologie (1891) 217)] rare designating neurophysiological processes that originate peripherally (esp. by stimulation of the special senses) and proceed centrally (to the spinal cord and brain); (in quot. 1955 perhaps) homing in on the mind.ΚΠ 1892 Philos. Rev. 1 106 The psychopetal processes, usually called forth by stimulation of the special senses, have been far more investigated than what Dr Münsterberg considers the more important psychofugal,—as, for instance, muscle and joint sensations. 1955 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ In Memoriam James Joyce 47 So beyond all that is heteroepic, holophrastic, Macaronic, philomathic, psychopetal, Jerqueing every idioticon, Comes this supreme paraleipsis. < as lemmas |
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