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psychonomics

psychonomics noun: the branch of psychology that aims to discover strict laws that govern the working of the mind, especially by means of experiment.

Noun

psychonomics (uncountable)

  1. The branch of psychology that aims to discover strict laws that govern the working of the mind, especially by means of experiment

Origin of psychonomics

From psycho- + -nomics.

Questions about psychonomics

What does psychonomics mean?
Psychonomics means the branch of psychology that aims to discover strict laws that govern the working of the mind, especially by means of experiment.
What part of speech is psychonomics?
Psychonomics is a noun.

Words near psychonomics in the dictionary

  1. psychoneurotic
  2. psychoneurotically
  3. psychoneurotics
  4. psychonic
  5. psychonomic
  6. psychonomics
  7. psychonomy
  8. psychonosology
  9. psychons
  10. psychooncological
  11. psychooncology

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