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psychology

  • noun
  • psy·chol·o·gy
  • sī-kŏlʹə-jē

The study of the human mind.

Other meanings

  1. The study of human or animal behavior.

  2. The study of the soul.

Example sentences

  • “They study the psychology of music.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Ancient Greek "ψυχή" (soul).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “psychology” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.