noun
Meaning 1
The study of the human mind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
psychology
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: sī-kŏlʹə-jē
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Received-Pronunciation: /saɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/
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General-American: /saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
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Australian: /sɑɪˈkɔl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/
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rhymes with -ɒlədʒi
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noun
Meaning 2
The study of human or animal behavior.
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Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
The study of the soul.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
The mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 5
the science of mental life
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: psychological science
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: science, scientific discipline
Narrower terms: abnormal psychology, psychopathology, applied psychology, industrial psychology, cognitive psychology, comparative psychology, animal psychology, developmental psychology, genetic psychology, child psychology, differential psychology, experimental psychology, psychonomics, physiological psychology, neuropsychology, psychophysiology, psychometry, psychometrics, psychometrika, social psychology
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
193 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: sielkunde — study of the human mind
- Afrikaans: psigologie — study of the human mind
- Albanian: psikologji — study of the human mind
- Antillean Creole: psikoloji — study of the human mind
- Antillean Creole: sikoloji — study of the human mind
- Arabic: سَيْكُولُوجْيَا (saykolōjyā) — study of the human mind
- Arabic: عِلْم النَّفْس (ʕilm an-nafs) — study of the human mind
- Armenian: հոգեբանություն (hogebanutʻyun) — study of the human mind
- Asturian: sicoloxía — study of the human mind
- Azerbaijani: روحيات (ruhiyat) — study of the human mind
- Azerbaijani: psixologiya — study of the human mind
- Basque: psikologia — study of the human mind
- Belarusian: псіхало́гія (psixalóhija) — study of the human mind
- Belarusian: псіхалёгія (psixaljóhija) — study of the human mind
- Belarusian: псы́хіка (psýxika) — study of the human mind
- Bengali: মনোবিজ্ঞান (monōbiggên) — study of the human mind
- Breton: bredoniezh — study of the human mind
- Bulgarian: психоло́гия (psihológija) — study of the human mind
- Burmese: စိတ္တဗေဒ (citta.beda.) — study of the human mind
- Burmese: စိတ်ပညာ (citpa.nya) — study of the human mind
- Catalan: psicologia — study of the human mind
- Chinese Cantonese: 心理學 /心理学 (sam1 lei5 hok6) — study of the human mind
- Chinese Mandarin: 心理學 /心理学 (xīnlǐxué) — study of the human mind
- Chuvash: психологи (psih̬ologi) — study of the human mind
- Cornish: brysonieth — study of the human mind
- Czech: psychologie — study of the human mind
- Danish: psykologi — study of the human mind
- Dutch: psychologie — study of the human mind
- Dutch: zielkunde — study of the human mind
- Esperanto: psikologio — study of the human mind
- Estonian: psühholoogia — study of the human mind
- Faroese: sálarfrøði — study of the human mind
- Finnish: psykologia — study of the human mind
- French: psychologie — study of the human mind
- Galician: psicoloxía — study of the human mind
- Georgian: ფსიქოლოგია (psikologia) — study of the human mind
- German: Psychologie — study of the human mind
- German: Seelenkunde — study of the human mind
- Greek: ψυχολογία (psychología) — study of the human mind
- Gujarati: મનોવિજ્ઞાન (manovijñān) — study of the human mind
- Hebrew: פְּסִיכוֹלוֹגְיָה (psikhológya) — study of the human mind
- Hindi: मनोविज्ञान (manovijñān) — study of the human mind
- Hindi: मानसशास्त्र (mānasśāstra) — study of the human mind
- Hungarian: pszichológia — study of the human mind
- Hungarian: lélektan — study of the human mind
- Icelandic: sálfræði — study of the human mind
- Ido: psikologio — study of the human mind
- Indonesian: psikologi — study of the human mind
- Irish: síceolaíocht — study of the human mind
- Irish: aigneolaíocht — study of the human mind
- Italian: psicologia — study of the human mind
- Japanese: 心理学 (shinrigaku) — study of the human mind
- Japanese: サイコロジー (saikorojī) — study of the human mind
- Javanese: ꦱꦸꦏ꧀ꦩꦮꦶꦢꦾ (sukmawidya) — study of the human mind
- Kannada: ಮನಶ್ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (manaśśāstra) — study of the human mind
- Kazakh: психология (psixologiä) — study of the human mind
- Kazakh: жантану (jantanu) — study of the human mind
- Khmer: ចិត្តវិជ្ជា (cət vicciə) — study of the human mind
- Khmer: ចិត្តសាស្ត្រ (cət saah) — study of the human mind
- Korean: 심리학 (simnihak) — study of the human mind
- Kyrgyz: психология (psihologiya) — study of the human mind
- Lao: ຈິດຕະວິທະຍາ (chit ta wi tha nyā) — study of the human mind
- Latin: psychologia — study of the human mind
- Latvian: psiholoģija — study of the human mind
- Lithuanian: psichologija — study of the human mind
- Macedonian: психологија (psihologija) — study of the human mind
- Malay: ilmu jiwa — study of the human mind
- Malay: psikologi — study of the human mind
- Malayalam: മനഃശാസ്ത്രം (manaḥśāstraṁ) — study of the human mind
- Maltese: psikoloġija — study of the human mind
- Māori: mātauranga hinengaro — study of the human mind
- Māori: mātai hinengaro — study of the human mind
- Marathi: मानसशास्त्र (mānasśāstra) — study of the human mind
- Mongolian: сэтгэл судлал (setgel sudlal) — study of the human mind
- Navajo: ániʼ dóó ntsékees naalkaah — study of the human mind
- Nepali: मनोविज्ञान (manovigyān) — study of the human mind
- Norwegian Bokmål: psykologi — study of the human mind
- Norwegian Nynorsk: psykologi — study of the human mind
- Occitan: psicologia — study of the human mind
- Iranian Persian: رَوانشِناسی (ravân-šenâsi) — study of the human mind
- Iranian Persian: پْسیکولوژی (psikoloži) — study of the human mind
- Plautdietsch: Seelenlia — study of the human mind
- Polish: psychologia — study of the human mind
- Portuguese: psicologia — study of the human mind
- Punjabi: ਮਨੋਵਿਗਿਆਨ (manovigiāna) — study of the human mind
- Romanian: psihologie — study of the human mind
- Russian: психоло́гия (psixológija) — study of the human mind
- Russian: пси́хика (psíxika) — study of the human mind
- Santali: ᱢᱚᱱ ᱥᱟᱬᱮᱥ (môn saṇes) — study of the human mind
- Scots: psychology — study of the human mind
- Scottish Gaelic: eòlas-inntinn — study of the human mind
- Serbo-Croatian: психоло̀гија — study of the human mind
- Serbo-Croatian: psihològija — study of the human mind
- Sicilian: psiculuggìa — study of the human mind
- Slovak: psychológia — study of the human mind
- Slovene: psihologija — study of the human mind
- Spanish: psicología — study of the human mind
- Swahili: saikolojia — study of the human mind
- Swahili: elimunafsia — study of the human mind
- Swedish: psykologi — study of the human mind
- Tagalog: sikolohiya — study of the human mind
- Tajik: психология (psixologiya) — study of the human mind
- Tajik: равоншиносӣ (ravonšinosi) — study of the human mind
- Tamil: உளவியல் (uḷaviyal) — study of the human mind
- Tatar: психология (psixologiyä) — study of the human mind
- Telugu: మానసిక శాస్త్రము (mānasika śāstramu) — study of the human mind
- Thai: จิตวิทยา (jìt-dtà-wít-tá-yaa) — study of the human mind
- Turkish: ruh bilimi — study of the human mind
- Turkmen: psihologiýa — study of the human mind
- Ukrainian: психоло́гія (psyxolóhija) — study of the human mind
- Ukrainian: пси́хіка (psýxika) — study of the human mind
- Urdu: نَفْسِیات (nafsiyāt) — study of the human mind
- Urdu: رَواں شَناسی (ravā̃ śanāsī) — study of the human mind
- Uyghur: پسىخولوگىيە (psixologiye) — study of the human mind
- Uzbek: psixologiya — study of the human mind
- Vietnamese: tâm lý học — study of the human mind
- Volapük: lanav — study of the human mind
- Welsh: seicoleg — study of the human mind
- Yakut: психология (psiqologiya) — study of the human mind
- Yiddish: פּסיכאָלאָגיע (psikhologye) — study of the human mind
- Zazaki: psikoloci — study of the human mind
- Afrikaans: sielkunde — the study of human or animal behavior
- Afrikaans: psigologie — the study of human or animal behavior
- Arabic: سَيْكُولُوجْيَا (saykolōjyā) — the study of human or animal behavior
- Arabic: عِلْم النَّفْس (ʕilm an-nafs) — the study of human or animal behavior
- Armenian: հոգեբանություն (hogebanutʻyun) — the study of human or animal behavior
- Asturian: sicoloxía — the study of human or animal behavior
- Azerbaijani: psixologiya — the study of human or animal behavior
- South Azerbaijani: علم روح (elmi-ruh) — the study of human or animal behavior
- Catalan: psicologia — the study of human or animal behavior
- Chinese Mandarin: 心理學 /心理学 (xīnlǐxué) — the study of human or animal behavior
- Cornish: brysonieth — the study of human or animal behavior
- Czech: psychologie — the study of human or animal behavior
- Dutch: psychologie — the study of human or animal behavior
- Finnish: psykologia — the study of human or animal behavior
- Finnish: käyttäytymistiede — the study of human or animal behavior
- French: psychologie — the study of human or animal behavior
- Galician: psicoloxía — the study of human or animal behavior
- Georgian: ფსიქოლოგია (psikologia) — the study of human or animal behavior
- German: Psychologie — the study of human or animal behavior
- Greek: ψυχολογία (psychología) — the study of human or animal behavior
- Hungarian: pszichológia — the study of human or animal behavior
- Japanese: 心理学 (shinrigaku) — the study of human or animal behavior
- Japanese: サイコロジー (saikorojī) — the study of human or animal behavior
- Korean: 심리학 (simnihak) — the study of human or animal behavior
- Latvian: psiholoģija — the study of human or animal behavior
- Macedonian: психоло́гија (psihológija) — the study of human or animal behavior
- Malay: ilmu jiwa — the study of human or animal behavior
- Malay: psikologi — the study of human or animal behavior
- Māori: mātai hinengaro — the study of human or animal behavior
- Navajo: ániʼ dóó ntsékees naalkaah — the study of human or animal behavior
- Norwegian Bokmål: psykologi — the study of human or animal behavior
- Norwegian Nynorsk: psykologi — the study of human or animal behavior
- Iranian Persian: رَوانشِناسی (ravân-šenâsi) — the study of human or animal behavior
- Portuguese: psicologia — the study of human or animal behavior
- Russian: психоло́гия (psixológija) — the study of human or animal behavior
- Scots: psychology — the study of human or animal behavior
- Scottish Gaelic: eòlas-inntinn — the study of human or animal behavior
- Spanish: psicología — the study of human or animal behavior
- Tagalog: sikolohiya — the study of human or animal behavior
- Turkish: ruh bilimi — the study of human or animal behavior
- Welsh: seicoleg — the study of human or animal behavior
- Afrikaans: sielkunde — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Afrikaans: psigologie — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Armenian: հոգեբանություն (hogebanutʻyun) — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Azerbaijani: psixologiya — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Azerbaijani: ruhiyyət — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Catalan: psicologia — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Chinese Cantonese: 心理 (sam1 lei5) — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Chinese Mandarin: 心理 (xīnlǐ) — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Cornish: brysonieth — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Czech: psychologie — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Dutch: psychologie — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Finnish: mielenlaatu — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Finnish: psyyke — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- French: psychologie — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Galician: psicoloxía — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- German: Psychologie — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Greek: ψυχολογία (psychología) — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Japanese: 心理 (shinri) — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Korean: 심리 (simni) — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Latvian: psiholoģija — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Macedonian: психологија (psihologija) — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Malay: ilmu jiwa — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Malay: psikologi — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Norwegian Bokmål: psykologi — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Norwegian Nynorsk: psykologi — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Portuguese: psicologia — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Russian: психоло́гия (psixológija) — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Scots: psychology — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Spanish: psicología — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Turkish: psikoloji — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
- Welsh: seicoleg — the mental characteristics of a particular individual
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