traumagenic

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traumagenic

  • /tɹɔː.məˈd͡ʒɛ.nɪk/ UK
  • /tɹaʊ.məˈd͡ʒɛ.nɪk/ UK
  • /tɹɔ.məˈd͡ʒɛ.nɪk/ US
  • /tɹaʊ.məˈd͡ʒɛ.nɪk/ US
  • /tɹɑ.məˈd͡ʒɛ.nɪk/ cot caught merger

Where it comes from

From trauma + -genic (“generating; generated by”).

adjective

  1. not comparable That leads to trauma; trauma-forming. Risk factors will not be realised in the context does not support or trigger them. Oppressive, traumagenic, and trauma-triggering contexts are likely to release processes that realise the negative resource cycles linked with mental health deterioration […] trauma responses to either reminders/trigge
  2. not comparable Of a system (“set of alters of a person”): having become multiple due to psychological trauma. We weren't going to do this, but it needs to be said. Get ready for a thread, it's time to wade into some syscourse on Main. ¶ Let's start by making one thing perfectly clear: we are a traumagenic system.

    Opposite: endogenic

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@misc{traumagenic_2026,
  title = {traumagenic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/traumagenic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}