anagogic

[ an-uh-goj-ik ]
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adjective
  1. of or relating to an anagoge.

  2. Psychology. deriving from, pertaining to, or reflecting the moral or idealistic striving of the unconscious: anagogic image; anagogic interpretation.

Origin of anagogic

1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Medieval Latin word anagogicus.See anagoge, -ic
  • Also an·a·gog·i·cal [an-uh-goj-i-kuhl] /ˌæn əˈgɒdʒ ɪ kəl/ .

Other words from anagogic

  • an·a·gog·i·cal·ly, adverb

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How to use anagogic in a sentence

  • His mental glance was even more oblique than theirs, fixed as it was upon the moral or spiritual—the anagogic—inference.