Ideogeny

Ideogeny
Ideogeny I`de*og"e*ny, n. [Ideo- + -geny, from the same root as Gr. ?, birth: cf. F. id['e]og['e]nie.] The science which treats of the origin of ideas. [1913 Webster]

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