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social psychology

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The interplay between the individual and society.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

The study of how people and groups interact.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 3

the branch of psychology that studies persons and their relationships with others and with groups and with society as a whole

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: psychology, psychological science

Narrower terms: psychodynamics

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Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 社會心理 /社会心理 (shèhuì xīnlǐ) — interplay
  • Finnish: yksilön ja yhteisön vuorovaikutus — interplay
  • Armenian: սոցիալական հոգեբանություն (socʻialakan hogebanutʻyun) — study
  • Azerbaijani: sosial psixologiya — study
  • Belarusian: сацыяльная псіхалогія (sacyjalʹnaja psixalóhija) — study
  • Bulgarian: социална психология (socialna psihologija) — study
  • Chinese Cantonese: 社會心理學 /社会心理学 — study
  • Chinese Mandarin: 社會心理學 /社会心理学 (shèhuì xīnlǐxué) — study
  • Wu Chinese: 社会心理学 — study
  • Czech: sociální psychologie — study
  • Danish: socialpsykologi — study
  • Estonian: sotsiaalpsühholoogia — study
  • Finnish: sosiaalipsykologia — study
  • French: psychologie sociale — study
  • Georgian: სოციალური ფსიქოლოგია (socialuri psikologia) — study
  • German: Sozialpsychologie — study
  • Greek: κοινωνική ψυχολογία (koinonikí psychología) — study
  • Hungarian: szociálpszichológia — study
  • Italian: psicologia sociale — study
  • Latvian: sociālā psiholoģija — study
  • Lithuanian: socialinė psichologija — study
  • Macedonian: социјална психологија (socijalna psihologija) — study
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sosialpsykologi — study
  • Polish: psychologia społeczna — study
  • Portuguese: psicologia social — study
  • Romanian: psihologie socială — study
  • Russian: социальная психология (socialʹnaja psixologija) — study
  • Slovak: sociálna psychológia — study
  • Slovene: socialna psihologija — study
  • Spanish: psicología social — study
  • Swedish: socialpsykologi — study
  • Turkish: sosyal psikoloji — study
  • Ukrainian: соціальна психологія (socialʹna psyxolohija) — study