psychology
psyc·ho·logy
noun
Origin
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.
Phrases
- abnormal psychology
- act psychology
- analytic psychology
- analytical psychology
- armchair psychology
- behavioral psychology
- behavioural psychology
- biological psychology
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