Psychology
Pronunciation
- US IPA: /saɪˈkɑlədʒi/
Origin
From French psychologie, from Latin psychologia (coined by Marko Marulić from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhē, "soul") + -logia ("study of")).
Full definition of psychology
Noun
psychology
(countable and uncountable; plural psychologys)- (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.