psychology

Syllables: psy·chol·o·gyUK/saɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ//saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/

psychology noun: the study of the human mind.

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Noun

psychology (countable and uncountable, plural psychologies)

(uncountable) The study of the human mind.
- Idleness is the beginning of all psychology .2023, Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols: Bilingual English & German Edition, Newcomb Livraria Press, →ISBN, page 9
(uncountable) The study of human or animal behavior.
(historical, uncountable) The study of the soul.
- Alcinous in Didascalius chapter 23 uses the three physical locations of the human soul from Timaeus 69c–72c […] to lead into a dedicated discussion of psychology.2010, Harold Tarrant, “Platonism before Plotinus”, in Lloyd P. Gerson, editor, The Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity, volume 1, →ISBN
(countable) The mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.
- For generations, historians have conjectured everything from a warped psychology to a deformed body as accounting for Elizabeth's preferred spinsterhood...1970, Mary M. Luke, A Crown for Elizabeth, page 8
- In the United States, the psychology of a laborer, a farmer, a businessman does not differ in any important respect.1969, Victor Alba, The Latin Americans, page 42

psychology meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

psychology in Hindi

study of the human mind: मनोविज्ञान manovijñān, मानसशास्त्र mānasśāstra

psychology in Tamil

study of the human mind: உளவியல் uḷaviyal

psychology in Marathi

study of the human mind: मानसशास्त्र mānasśāstra

psychology in Urdu

study of the human mind: نَفْسِیات nafsiyāt, رَواں شَناسی ravā̃ śanāsī

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psychology in Bengali: মনোবিজ্ঞান monōbiggên
psychology in Telugu: మానసిక శాస్త్రము mānasika śāstramu
psychology in Malayalam: മനഃശാസ്ത്രം manaḥśāstraṁ
psychology in Kannada: ಮನಶ್ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ manaśśāstra
psychology in Punjabi: ਮਨੋਵਿਗਿਆਨ manovigiāna
psychology in Gujarati: મનોવિજ્ઞાન manovijñān
psychology in Odia: ମନୋବିଜ୍ଞାନ, ମନସ୍ତତ୍ତ୍ୱ, ମନସ୍ତତ୍ତ୍ୱ ବିଜ୍ଞାନ
psychology in Nepali: मनोविज्ञान manovigyān
psychology in Tagalog: sikolohiya
psychology in Arabic: سَيْكُولُوجْيَا saykolōjyā, عِلْم النَّفْس ʕilm an-nafs
psychology in Malay: ilmu jiwa, psikologi
psychology in Indonesian: psikologi
psychology in Thai: จิตวิทยา jìt-dtà-wít-tá-yaa
psychology in Vietnamese: tâm lý học
psychology in Myanmar: စိတ္တဗေဒ citta.beda., စိတ်ပညာ citpa.nya

Examples of psychology in a sentence

She's taking four papers this semester: two in psychology and two in sociology.
Developmental psychology studies how the mind forms as children and adolescents grow.
I first heard of the Electra complex when I was studying psychology.

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Forms of psychology

plural	psychologies

Plural of psychology: psychologies

Origin of psychology

From French psychologie, from Renaissance Latin psychologia, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) + -λογία (-logía, “study of”), equivalent to psycho- + -logy. The Latin term is believed by some to have been coined in a lost treatise by Croatian humanist Marko Marulić (1450–1524), but this is disputed by other scholars. It is first attested in the 1570s, at which time it was apparently already current, and may be a Hellenization of the established expression dē animā (“on the soul”) in titles.

Words formed from psychology

Words that rhyme with psychology

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Questions about psychology

What does psychology mean?: Psychology means the study of the human mind.
What is psychology in Hindi?: Psychology in Hindi is मनोविज्ञान (manovijñān), मानसशास्त्र (mānasśāstra). See Psychology meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is psychology?: Psychology is a noun.
How do you pronounce psychology?: Psychology is pronounced /saɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/ (UK).
What is the plural of psychology?: The plural of psychology is psychologies.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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