psychology

CEFRB1

/saɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The scientific study of the mind and behavior.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The study of the human mind.

Examples

  • The more I studied psychology, the more interesting I found it.

  • This book deals with psychology.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • /saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
  • /sɑɪˈkɔl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The study of human or animal behavior.

  2. The mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.

  3. The study of the soul.

More examples

In context

  • Idleness is the beginning of all psychology .

  • 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.

  • For generations, historians have conjectured everything from a warped psychology to a deformed body as accounting for Elizabeth's preferred spinsterhood...

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Origin

noun

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.