psychomachia
psychomachy (ˈsaɪkəʊməkɪ)
/ (ˌsaɪkəʊˈmækɪə) /
noun
conflict of the soul
Word Origin for psychomachia
C17: from Late Latin
psӯchomachia, title of a poem by Prudentius (about 400), from Greek
psukhē spirit +
makhē battle
Words nearby psychomachia
psychological warfare,
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psychology,
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psychometric,
psychometrics,
psychometry,
psychomimetic
Example sentences from the Web for psychomachia
Apparently following the Psychomachia of Prudentius, a Christian poet of the 5th century.
Woman under Monasticism |Lina EckensteinThen conflict arises; the mediaeval Psychomachia awakes in Dante.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) |Henry Osborn Taylor