psychology
English
Etymology
From French psychologie, from Latin psychologia, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhē, “soul”) + -logia (“study of”).
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Noun
psychology (countable and uncountable; plural psychologies)
- (uncountable) The study of the human mind.
- (uncountable) The study of human behavior.
- (uncountable) The study of animal behavior.
- (countable) The mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.
- 1970: Mary M. Luke, A Crown for Elizabeth, page 8:
- For generations, historians have conjectured everything from a warped psychology to a deformed body as accounting for Elizabeth's preferred spinsterhood...
- 1969: Victor Alba, The Latin Americans, page 42:
- In the United States, the psychology of a laborer, a farmer, a businessman does not differ in any important respect.
- 1970: Mary M. Luke, A Crown for Elizabeth, page 8:
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Translations
study of the human mind
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the study of the human behavior
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the study of animal behavior
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the mental characteristics of a particular individual
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External links
- psychology in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- psychology in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911