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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024psy•chol•o•gy /saɪˈkɑlədʒi/USA pronunciation n., pl. -gies. - Psychology the science of the mind or of mental states and processes:[uncountable]to major in psychology.
- Psychology[uncountable] the science of human and animal behavior.
- Psychologyall the mental states and processes that seem to be characteristic of a person or class of persons: [countable]a warlike psychology.[uncountable]mob psychology.
- Psychology mental ploys or strategy:[uncountable]He used psychology to get a promotion.
psy•chol•o•gist, n. [countable]See -log-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024psy•chol•o•gy (sī kol′ə jē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gies. - Psychologythe science of the mind or of mental states and processes.
- Psychologythe science of human and animal behavior.
- Psychologythe sum or characteristics of the mental states and processes of a person or class of persons, or of the mental states and processes involved in a field of activity:the psychology of a soldier; the psychology of politics.
- Psychologymental ploys or strategy:He used psychology on his parents to get a larger allowance.
- Neo-Latin psȳchologia. See psycho-, -logy
- 1675–85
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: psychology /saɪˈkɒlədʒɪ/ n ( pl -gies)- the scientific study of all forms of human and animal behaviour, sometimes concerned with the methods through which behaviour can be modified
- informal the mental make-up or structure of an individual that causes him or her to think or act in the way he or she does
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