English Explanatory Dictionary

psychology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The study of the human mind.
  2. The study of human or animal behavior.
  3. The study of the soul.
  4. The mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.

Pronunciation

sī-kŏlʹə-jē /saɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/ /saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ en-us-psychology.ogg /sɑɪˈkɔl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/

Word forms

psychology psychologies

Etymology

From French psychologie, from Renaissance Latin psychologia, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) + -λογία (-logía, “study of”), equivalent to psycho- + -logy. The Latin term is believed by some to have been coined in a lost treatise by Croatian humanist Marko Marulić (1450–1524), but this is disputed by other scholars. It is first attested in the 1570s, at which time it was apparently already current, and may be a Hellenization of the established expression dē animā (“on the soul”) in titles.

Synonyms

psychology

Related words

psyche psyched up psychiatrist psychiatry psychotherapy mind behavior emotion perception sensation memory cognition volition drive instinct motivation insanity :Category:Psychology

Derived words

abnormal psychology act psychology analytical psychology analytic psychology antipsychology armchair psychology behavioral psychology behavioural psychology biological psychology biopsychology chronopsychology clinical psychology cod psychology cognitive psychology content psychology criminal psychology crowd psychology cyberpsychology depth psychology depth-psychology developmental psychology differential psychology ecopsychology educational psychology ethnopsychology evolutionary psychology functional psychology geropsychology Gestalt psychology individual psychology industrial-organizational psychology metapsychology morphopsychology neuropsychology orthopsychology paedopsychology paidopsychology palaeopsychology parapsychology pedopsychology personality psychology political psychology pop psychology popular psychology positive psychology prepsychology protopsychology pseudopsychology psychologese psychologic psychological psychologism psychologist psychologize psychologylike reverse psychology robopsychology social psychology sociopsychology telepsychology
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