genesis — OET

genesis

noun

1 the hatred had its genesis in something darker:

origin, source, root, beginning, commencement, start, outset.

2 the influence of a childhood trauma on the subsequent genesis of neurosis:

formation, emergence, development, evolution, coming into being, inception, origination, birth, creation, shaping, formulation, invention, engendering, generation, propagation.

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