clinical psychology

noun

A branch of psychology with the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development.

Meanings

nounclinical psychology (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesA branch of psychology with the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development.

Translations

Arabic عِلْم نَفْس سَرِيرِيّ
  • عِلْم نَفْس سَرِيرِيّ (ʕilm nafs sarīriyy)branch of psychology
Bulgarian клинична психология
  • клинична психология (klinična psihologija)branch of psychology
Catalan psicologia clínica
  • psicologia clínicabranch of psychology
Chinese Mandarin 臨床心理學 /临床心理学
  • 臨床心理學 /临床心理学 (línchuáng xīnlǐxué)branch of psychology
Czech klinická psychologie
  • klinická psychologiebranch of psychology
Danish klinisk psykologi
  • klinisk psykologibranch of psychology
Dutch klinische psychologie
  • klinische psychologiebranch of psychology
Esperanto klinika psikologio, klinika psiĥologio
  • klinika psikologiobranch of psychology
  • klinika psiĥologiobranch of psychology
Estonian kliiniline psühholoogia
  • kliiniline psühholoogiabranch of psychology
Finnish kliininen psykologia
  • kliininen psykologiabranch of psychology
French psychologie clinique
  • psychologie cliniquebranch of psychology
German Klinische Psychologie
  • Klinische Psychologiebranch of psychology
Greek κλινική ψυχολογία
  • κλινική ψυχολογία (klinikí psychología)branch of psychology
Hebrew פסיכולוגיה קלינית
  • פסיכולוגיה קליניתbranch of psychology
Hindi नैदानिक मनोविज्ञान
  • नैदानिक मनोविज्ञान (naidānik manovijñān)branch of psychology
Hungarian klinikai pszichológia
  • klinikai pszichológiabranch of psychology
Icelandic klínísk sálfræði
  • klínísk sálfræðibranch of psychology
Indonesian psikologi klinis
  • psikologi klinisbranch of psychology
Italian psicologia clinica
  • psicologia clinicabranch of psychology
Japanese 臨床心理学
  • 臨床心理学 (rinshō shinrigaku)branch of psychology
Latvian klīniskā psiholoģija
  • klīniskā psiholoģijabranch of psychology
Lithuanian klininkinė psichologija
  • klininkinė psichologijabranch of psychology
Malay psikologi klinikal
  • psikologi klinikalbranch of psychology
Norwegian klinisk psykologi
  • klinisk psykologibranch of psychology
Persian روانشناسی بالینی
  • روانشناسی بالینیbranch of psychology
Polish psychologia kliniczna
  • psychologia klinicznabranch of psychology
Portuguese psicologia clínica
  • psicologia clínicabranch of psychology
Romanian psihologie clinică
  • psihologie clinicăbranch of psychology
Russian клиническая психоло́гия
  • клиническая психоло́гия (kliničeskaja psixológija)branch of psychology
Slovak klinická psychológia
  • klinická psychológiabranch of psychology
Spanish psicología clínica
  • psicología clínicabranch of psychology
Swedish klinisk psykologi
  • klinisk psykologibranch of psychology
Thai จิตวิทยาคลินิก
  • จิตวิทยาคลินิก (jìt wíttáyaa klínìk)branch of psychology
Turkish klinik psikoloji
  • klinik psikolojibranch of psychology
Ukrainian клінічна психологія
  • клінічна психологія (klinična psyxolohija)branch of psychology
Vietnamese tâm lý học lâm sàng
  • tâm lý học lâm sàngbranch of psychology
Cite this entry
APA

clinical psychology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clinical%20psychology

MLA

“clinical psychology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clinical%20psychology. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clinical psychology,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clinical%20psychology.

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