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-chology

-chology suffix: used to form names of sciences, especially those concerning the mind, behavior, or humanity, by replacing the initial psy- with another word or prefix.

Suffix

-chology

  1. Used to form names of sciences, especially those concerning the mind, behavior, or humanity, by replacing the initial psy- with another word or prefix.

Origin of -chology

Back-formation from psychology.

Words formed from -chology

Questions about -chology

What does -chology mean?
-chology means used to form names of sciences, especially those concerning the mind, behavior, or humanity, by replacing the initial psy- with another word or prefix.
What part of speech is -chology?
-chology is a suffix.

Words near -chology in the dictionary

  1. -cest
  2. -cester
  3. -cha
  4. -chan
  5. -chezia
  6. -chology
  7. -choo
  8. -chore
  9. -choron
  10. -chorous
  11. -chory

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