Psychology

  • 21psychology — noun 1 study of the mind/the way people behave ADJECTIVE ▪ clinical, professional ▪ academic, experimental ▪ applied ▪ cognitive, developm …

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  • 22psychology —    The understanding and proper care or development of the human soul (nafs) is a matter of great concern within the Islamic philosophical tradition. It is a topic on which Qur’anic revelation and Greek philosophy intersect in provocative but… …

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  • 23psychology — psy|chol|o|gy [ saı kalədʒi ] noun uncount ** 1. ) the study of the mind and how it affects behavior: an expert in psychology a ) the way that the mind affects behavior in a particular person or group of people: a book on the psychology of… …

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  • 24psychology — noun 1) a degree in psychology Syn: study of the mind, science of the mind 2) the psychology of the motorist Syn: mindset, mind, mental processes, thought processes, way of thinking, cast of mind, mentality, persona …

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  • 25psychology —   n. study of the mind; mental equipment or state of a person, etc.    ♦ psychological,   a.    ♦ psychologize, v.i. & t. study psychology; explain in psychological terms.    ♦ psychologism, n. doctrine applying psychology to other subjects.    ♦ …

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  • 26psychology — noun a) The study of the human mind. 1970: Mary M. Luke, A Crown for Elizabeth, page 8: b) The study of human behavior. , For generations, historians have conjectured everything from a warped psychology to a deformed body as accounting for… …

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  • 27psychology — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. science of mind, study of personality, medicine, therapy; see science 1 , social science . Branches and varieties of psychology include: rational, applied, developmental, clinical, existential, functional, structural, self …

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  • 28psychology — noun the psychology of the road user Syn: mind, thought processes, way of thinking, mentality, psyche, attitude(s), make up, character, temperament; informal what makes someone tick …

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  • 29psychology*/ — [saɪˈkɒlədʒi] noun [U] 1) the study of the mind and how it affects behaviour 2) the way that the mind affects behaviour in a particular person or group of people a book on the psychology of murderers[/ex] …

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  • 30psychology — psy•chol•o•gy [[t]saɪˈkɒl ə dʒi[/t]] n. pl. gies 1) psl the science of the mind or of mental states and processes 2) psl the science of human and animal behavior 3) psl the sum of the mental states and processes characteristic of a person or… …

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