psychology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sī-kŏlʹə-jē
ipa: /saɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/
ipa: /saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
ipa: /sɑɪˈkɔl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/
rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
Forms: form: 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.
Senses: examples: text: Idleness is the beginning of all psychology .
ref: 2023, Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols: Bilingual English & German Edition, Newcomb Livraria Press, →ISBN, page 9:
glosses: The study of the human mind.
glosses: The study of human or animal behavior.
examples: text: Alcinous in Didascalius chapter 23 uses the three physical locations of the human soul from Timaeus 69c–72c […] to lead into a dedicated discussion of psychology.
ref: 2010, Harold Tarrant, “Platonism before Plotinus”, in Lloyd P. Gerson, editor, The Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity, volume 1, →ISBN:
glosses: The study of the soul.
examples: text: For generations, historians have conjectured everything from a warped psychology to a deformed body as accounting for Elizabeth's preferred spinsterhood...
ref: 1970, Mary M. Luke, A Crown for Elizabeth, page 8:
text: In the United States, the psychology of a laborer, a farmer, a businessman does not differ in any important respect.
ref: 1969, Victor Alba, The Latin Americans, page 42:
glosses: The mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.
Synonyms: word: psychology
Meronyms: word: abnormal psychology
word: biological psychology
word: cognitive psychology
word: evolutionary psychology
word: developmental psychology
word: personality psychology
word: social psychology
Derived terms: abnormal psychology
act 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
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
psychologism
psychologist
psychologylike
reverse psychology
robopsychology
social psychology
sociopsychology
telepsychology
xenopsychology
zoopsychology
zoöpsychology
Related terms: word: psyche
word: psyched up
word: psychiatrist
word: psychiatry
word: psychotherapy
word: mind
word: behavior
word: emotion
word: perception
word: sensation
word: memory
word: cognition
word: volition
word: drive
word: instinct
word: motivation
word: insanity
word: :Category:Psychology