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psych-

psych- is the alternative form of psycho-.

Meaning of psycho-

Prefix

psycho-

  1. Relating to the soul, the mind, or to psychology.
    • This endeavour forms the core of Daniel Pick's fascinating study of the mobilisation of psychoanalysis not only for the Allied war effort, but for a postwar world momentarily seduced by the idea that war and violence might be eridicated by a bit of psycho-science.2012, Richard Overy, “The Mind of Evil”, in Literary Review, number 399

Questions about psych-

What is psych- the alternative form of?
Psych- is the alternative form of psycho-.

Words near psych- in the dictionary

  1. psych up
  2. psych verb
  3. psych verbs
  4. psych ward
  5. psych wards
  6. psych-
  7. psych-fi
  8. Psych-O
  9. Psych-Os
  10. psych.
  11. psychache

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Adapted from Wiktionary: psych- (page history and authors); psycho- (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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