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protopsychological

protopsychological adjective: being or relating to an earlier form of what is now known as psychology.

Adjective

protopsychological (not comparable)

  1. Being or relating to an earlier form of what is now known as psychology.
    • Just as he found protopsychological insights in the sacred texts of ancient religions, Jung identified essentially religious qualities in the modern scientific discipline of psychology.2011, Kelly Bulkeley, Clodagh Weldon, Teaching Jung, page 1

Origin of protopsychological

From proto- + psychological.

Questions about protopsychological

What does protopsychological mean?
Protopsychological means being or relating to an earlier form of what is now known as psychology.
What part of speech is protopsychological?
Protopsychological is an adjective.

Words near protopsychological in the dictionary

  1. protoproteose
  2. protoproteoses
  3. protoprotestant
  4. protopsaltai
  5. protopsaltis
  6. protopsychological
  7. protopsychologist
  8. protopsychologists
  9. protopsychology
  10. protopterid
  11. protopterids

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