anagogic

[ an-uh-goj-ik ]

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.

Other Words From

• an·a·gog·i·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of anagogic¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Medieval Latin word anagogicus. See anagoge, -ic

Example Sentences

I have already spoken of the creations of the myth forming imagination and its anagogic import.

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We find it, for instance, in the criticism of Virgil, to whose work were attributed four distinct meanings: literal, allegorical, moral, and anagogic.

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The necessity of reckoning with an anagogic content of myths results from the fact that religions with their ethical valuations, have developed from mythical beginnings.

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The viewing of the exalted anagogic conception as a perspective vanishing point, makes allowance for the possible errors of superposition in the anagogic aspect of the elementary types.

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There are, however, others than the religiously inspired natures, who are preëminently endowed to produce suggestive symbol groups with anagogic value; the artists.

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