Meanings
nounpsychology (countable and uncountable, plural psychologies)
plural psychologies
- historicaluncountableThe study of the soul.
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.
2010, Harold Tarrant, “Platonism before Plotinus”, in Lloyd P. Gerson, editor, The Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity, volume 1, →ISBN - countableThe mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.
In the United States, the psychology of a laborer, a farmer, a businessman does not differ in any important respect.
1969, Victor Alba, The Latin Americans, page 421 more example
For generations, historians have conjectured everything from a warped psychology to a deformed body as accounting for Elizabeth's preferred spinsterhood...
1970, Mary M. Luke, A Crown for Elizabeth, page 8
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekψυχή“soul”
- Renaissance Latinpsychologia
- Frenchpsychologie
- Englishpsychology
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.
More words from French, Renaissance Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans sielkunde, psigologie
- sielkundestudy of the human mind
- psigologiestudy of the human mind
- sielkundethe study of human or animal behavior
- psigologiethe study of human or animal behavior
- sielkundethe mental characteristics of a particular individual
- psigologiethe mental characteristics of a particular individual
Arabic سَيْكُولُوجْيَا, عِلْم النَّفْس
- سَيْكُولُوجْيَا (saykolōjyā)study of the human mind
- عِلْم النَّفْس (ʕilm an-nafs)study of the human mind
- سَيْكُولُوجْيَا (saykolōjyā)the study of human or animal behavior
- عِلْم النَّفْس (ʕilm an-nafs)the study of human or animal behavior
Basque psikologia
- psikologiastudy of the human mind
Bengali মনোবিজ্ঞান
- মনোবিজ্ঞান (monōbiggên)study of the human mind
Bulgarian психоло́гия
- психоло́гия (psihológija)study of the human mind
Catalan psicologia, psicologia
- psicologiastudy of the human mind
- psicologiathe study of human or animal behavior
- psicologiathe mental characteristics of a particular individual
Chinese Cantonese 心理學 /心理学, 心理
- 心理學 /心理学 (sam¹ lei⁵ hok⁶)study of the human mind
- 心理 (sam¹ lei⁵)the mental characteristics of a particular individual
Chinese Mandarin 心理學 /心理学, 心理學 /心理学
- 心理學 /心理学 (xīnlǐxué)study of the human mind
- 心理學 /心理学 (xīnlǐxué)the study of human or animal behavior
- 心理 (xīnlǐ)the mental characteristics of a particular individual
Czech psychologie, psychologie
- psychologiestudy of the human mind
- psychologiethe study of human or animal behavior
- psychologiethe mental characteristics of a particular individual
Danish psykologi
- psykologistudy of the human mind
Dutch psychologie, zielkunde
- psychologiestudy of the human mind
- zielkundestudy of the human mind
- psychologiethe study of human or animal behavior
- psychologiethe mental characteristics of a particular individual
Esperanto psikologio
- psikologiostudy of the human mind
Estonian psühholoogia
- psühholoogiastudy of the human mind
Finnish psykologia, psykologia
- psykologiastudy of the human mind
- psykologiathe study of human or animal behavior
- käyttäytymistiedethe study of human or animal behavior
- mielenlaatuthe mental characteristics of a particular individual
- psyykethe mental characteristics of a particular individual
French psychologie, psychologie
- psychologiestudy of the human mind
- psychologiethe study of human or animal behavior
- psychologiethe mental characteristics of a particular individual
German Psychologie, Seelenkunde
- Psychologiestudy of the human mind
- Seelenkundestudy of the human mind
- Psychologiethe study of human or animal behavior
- Psychologiethe mental characteristics of a particular individual
Greek ψυχολογία, ψυχολογία
- ψυχολογία (psychología)study of the human mind
- ψυχολογία (psychología)the study of human or animal behavior
- ψυχολογία (psychología)the mental characteristics of a particular individual
Hebrew פְּסִיכוֹלוֹגְיָה
- פְּסִיכוֹלוֹגְיָה (psikhológya)study of the human mind
Hindi मनोविज्ञान, मानसशास्त्र
- मनोविज्ञान (manovijñān)study of the human mind
- मानसशास्त्र (mānasśāstra)study of the human mind
Hungarian pszichológia, lélektan
- pszichológiastudy of the human mind
- lélektanstudy of the human mind
- pszichológiathe study of human or animal behavior
Icelandic sálfræði
- sálfræðistudy of the human mind
Indonesian psikologi
- psikologistudy of the human mind
Irish síceolaíocht, aigneolaíocht
- síceolaíochtstudy of the human mind
- aigneolaíochtstudy of the human mind
Italian psicologia
- psicologiastudy of the human mind
Japanese 心理学, サイコロジー
- 心理学 (shinrigaku)study of the human mind
- サイコロジー (saikorojī)study of the human mind
- 心理学 (shinrigaku)the study of human or animal behavior
- サイコロジー (saikorojī)the study of human or animal behavior
- 心理 (shinri)the mental characteristics of a particular individual
Korean 심리학, 심리학
- 심리학 (simnihak)study of the human mind
- 심리학 (simnihak)the study of human or animal behavior
- 심리 (simni)the mental characteristics of a particular individual
Latin psychologia
- psychologiastudy of the human mind
Latvian psiholoģija, psiholoģija
- psiholoģijastudy of the human mind
- psiholoģijathe study of human or animal behavior
- psiholoģijathe mental characteristics of a particular individual
Lithuanian psichologija
- psichologijastudy of the human mind
Malay ilmu jiwa, psikologi
- ilmu jiwastudy of the human mind
- psikologistudy of the human mind
- ilmu jiwathe study of human or animal behavior
- psikologithe study of human or animal behavior
- ilmu jiwathe mental characteristics of a particular individual
- psikologithe mental characteristics of a particular individual
Māori mātauranga hinengaro, mātai hinengaro
- mātauranga hinengarostudy of the human mind
- mātai hinengarostudy of the human mind
- mātai hinengarothe study of human or animal behavior
Norwegian Bokmål psykologi, psykologi
- psykologistudy of the human mind
- psykologithe study of human or animal behavior
- psykologithe mental characteristics of a particular individual
Polish psychologia
- psychologiastudy of the human mind
Portuguese psicologia, psicologia
- psicologiastudy of the human mind
- psicologiathe study of human or animal behavior
- psicologiathe mental characteristics of a particular individual
Punjabi ਮਨੋਵਿਗਿਆਨ
- ਮਨੋਵਿਗਿਆਨ (manovigiāna)study of the human mind
Romanian psihologie
- psihologiestudy of the human mind
Russian психоло́гия, пси́хика
- психоло́гия (psixológija)study of the human mind
- пси́хика (psíxika)study of the human mind
- психоло́гия (psixológija)the study of human or animal behavior
- психоло́гия (psixológija)the mental characteristics of a particular individual
Scottish Gaelic eòlas-inntinn, eòlas-inntinn
- eòlas-inntinnstudy of the human mind
- eòlas-inntinnthe study of human or animal behavior
Slovak psychológia
- psychológiastudy of the human mind
Spanish psicología, psicología
- psicologíastudy of the human mind
- psicologíathe study of human or animal behavior
- psicologíathe mental characteristics of a particular individual
Swahili saikolojia, elimunafsia
- saikolojiastudy of the human mind
- elimunafsiastudy of the human mind
Swedish psykologi
- psykologistudy of the human mind
Tagalog sikolohiya, sikolohiya
- sikolohiyastudy of the human mind
- sikolohiyathe study of human or animal behavior
Tamil உளவியல்
- உளவியல் (uḷaviyal)study of the human mind
Thai จิตวิทยา
- จิตวิทยา (jìt-dtà-wít-tá-yaa)study of the human mind
Turkish ruh bilimi, ruh bilimi
- ruh bilimistudy of the human mind
- ruh bilimithe study of human or animal behavior
- psikolojithe mental characteristics of a particular individual
Ukrainian психоло́гія, пси́хіка
- психоло́гія (psyxolóhija)study of the human mind
- пси́хіка (psýxika)study of the human mind
Urdu نَفْسِیات, رَواں شَناسی
- نَفْسِیات (nafsiyāt)study of the human mind
- رَواں شَناسی (ravā̃ śanāsī)study of the human mind
Vietnamese tâm lý học
- tâm lý họcstudy of the human mind
Welsh seicoleg, seicoleg
- seicolegstudy of the human mind
- seicolegthe study of human or animal behavior
- seicolegthe mental characteristics of a particular individual
Yiddish פּסיכאָלאָגיע
- פּסיכאָלאָגיע (psikhologye)study of the human mind
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with psychology
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