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[syn: psychology, psychological science]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Psychology \Psy*chol"o*gy\, n. pl. Psychologies. [Psycho- +
-logy: cf. F. psychologie. See Psychical.]
The science of the human soul; specifically, the systematic
or scientific knowledge of the powers and functions of the
human soul, so far as they are known by consciousness; a
treatise on the human soul.
[1913 Webster]
Psychology, the science conversant about the phenomena
of the mind, or conscious subject, or self. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
psychology
n 1: the science of mental life [syn: psychology,
psychological science]