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Microgenesis

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Microgenesis is a noun meaning (biology, anatomy, medicine) The condition of a body part which has developed abnormally small.

Meaning

(biology, anatomy, medicine) The condition of a body part which has developed abnormally small.

More Meanings

  1. (social sciences technical jargon) The development, in discrete but generally imperceptible (seemingly continuous) increments, by the human body or brain, of thoughts, motions, or actions.

Example Sentences

The term microgenesis has been proposed for the continuous formative activity which underlies cognition.
The intention of this paper is to open up a dialogue on the wider implications of microgenesis, particularly as it applies to the process-relational view of intersubjectivity.

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Related dictionary entries include microgeny, hypomodification, microspecies, microdifferentiation, microphagy, micromerism.

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