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ˈpsychagogue|-əgɒg|
Also psychogogue.
[f. Gr. ψῡχή psyche + ἀγωγός leading, leader; in form = Gr. ψῡχαγωγός leader of departed souls, said of Hermes. So mod.F. psychagogue.]
1. One who directs or leads the mind. rare.
1847tr. von Feuchtersleben's Med. Psychol. (Syd. Soc.) 343 All this must be effected and enforced by the physician, as a psychagogue or instructor of the mind.
2. One who calls up departed spirits; a necromancer.
1843Liddell & Scott Grk. Lex., Ψυχαγωγός,..as subst. a necromancer, psychagogue. 1882Daily News 12 Dec. 5/4 Our modern psychagogues, the members of the Psychical Society, have not been much more fortunate in calling up spirits than their ancient models. 1928Auden Poems 20 Eyes Look in the glass, confess The tightening of the mouth; Know the receding face A blemished psychogogue; But symmetry will please.
3. Med. (See quot.)
1867C. A. Harris Dict. Med. Terminol. (ed. 3), Psychagogues.., medicines which resuscitate, as in cases of syncope. |
