psychostaticsn.

Brit.

/ˌsʌɪkəʊˈstatɪks/, U.S.

/ˌsaɪkoʊˈstædɪks/

Forms: see psycho- comb. form and statics n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: psycho- comb. form, statics n.

Etymology: < psycho- comb. form + statics n., in sense 1 after ancient Greek ψυχοστασία psychostasy n. With sense 2 compare biostatics n.¹

†1. = psychostasy n. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > trial > trial by combat > weighing of souls

psychostatics1719

psychostasy1847

1719 Free-thinker No. 149. 1 Sufficient to warrant my calling this Paper by the mechanical Term of Psychostaticks, or in plain English, the Weighing of Souls.

2. The branch of science concerned with mental states (as distinct from development or process). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > mental action or process > psychology of mental action > [noun] > study of conditions of mental phenomena

psychostatics1874

1874 G. H. Lewes Probl. Life & Mind I. 115 The conditions of these [organic] phenomena..may be classed (by a serviceable extension of the term statics) under the heads of Biostatics and Psychostatics.

1879 W. L. Courtney in Fortn. Rev. Sept. 326 The Criticism of Mr. Lewes on Kant is that he confused a question of Psychogenesis, or the growth of intelligence, with a question of Psycho-statics (if the expression may be allowed), that is, an analysis of the developed human mind.

1941 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. July 17 In Lewin's book..the representation of causal interrelationships is confined to psychostatics.

1982 Compar. Lit. 34 269 A song presents a single, timeless moment, and we do not need a psychodynamics of its operation but a ‘psychostatics’ of it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	psychostatics
释义	psychostaticsn. Brit. /ˌsʌɪkəʊˈstatɪks/, U.S. /ˌsaɪkoʊˈstædɪks/ Forms: see psycho- comb. form and statics n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: psycho- comb. form, statics n. Etymology: < psycho- comb. form + statics n., in sense 1 after ancient Greek ψυχοστασία psychostasy n. With sense 2 compare biostatics n.¹ †1. = psychostasy n. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > trial > trial by combat > weighing of souls psychostatics1719 psychostasy1847 1719 Free-thinker No. 149. 1 Sufficient to warrant my calling this Paper by the mechanical Term of Psychostaticks, or in plain English, the Weighing of Souls. 2. The branch of science concerned with mental states (as distinct from development or process). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > mental action or process > psychology of mental action > [noun] > study of conditions of mental phenomena psychostatics1874 1874 G. H. Lewes Probl. Life & Mind I. 115 The conditions of these [organic] phenomena..may be classed (by a serviceable extension of the term statics) under the heads of Biostatics and Psychostatics. 1879 W. L. Courtney in Fortn. Rev. Sept. 326 The Criticism of Mr. Lewes on Kant is that he confused a question of Psychogenesis, or the growth of intelligence, with a question of Psycho-statics (if the expression may be allowed), that is, an analysis of the developed human mind. 1941 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. July 17 In Lewin's book..the representation of causal interrelationships is confined to psychostatics. 1982 Compar. Lit. 34 269 A song presents a single, timeless moment, and we do not need a psychodynamics of its operation but a ‘psychostatics’ of it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1719
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