psychology
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
psychology/sʌɪˈkɒləʤi/
▶noun
- 1 the scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behaviour in a given context.
- 2 the mental characteristics or attitude of a person.
■ the mental factors governing a situation or activity.
– derivatives
psychologist noun,
psychologize (or psychologise) verb.
psychologist noun,
psychologize (or psychologise) verb.
'psychology' also found in these Oxford entries:
affect
- affective
- ambivert
- analytical psychology
- anima
- animus
- apperception
- associate
- associationism
- behaviourism
- clinical psychology
- closure
- cognitive dissonance
- collective unconscious
- conation
- configuration
- conscious
- contiguity
- continuant
- convergent
- cue
- denial
- depth psychology
- displacement activity
- eidetic
- Eros
- experimental psychology
- externalize
- extrovert
- false memory
- free association
- gestalt
- gestalt psychology
- group dynamics
- habitus
- hallucinatory
- hedonic
- hypnagogic
- hypnopompic
- ideate
- infantilism
- inhibition
- integration
- internalize
- introvert
- inversion
- invert
- Jungian
- limen
- Logos
