different between psychology vs metapsychology

English

Etymology

From French psychologie, from Renaissance Latin psychologia (coined by Marko Maruli? from Ancient Greek ???? (psukh?, “soul”) + -logia (“study of”)), equivalent to psycho- +? -logy.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: s?-k?l??-j?, IPA^(key): /sa??k?l?d?i/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sa??k?l?d??/
• Rhymes: -?l?d?i
• Hyphenation: psy?chol?o?gy

Noun

psychology (countable and uncountable, plural psychologies)

1. (uncountable) The study of the human mind.
2. (uncountable) The study of human behavior.
3. (uncountable) The study of animal behavior.
4. (countable) The mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.

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Further reading

• psychology in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• psychology in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

meta- +? psychology

Noun

metapsychology (countable and uncountable, plural metapsychologies)

1. (psychology) The philosophical study of psychology and of the mind.
2. (psychology) A set of principles governing Freudian psychology.
3. (philosophy) The study of how human experience forms, filters perception and shapes identity.

Related terms

• metapsychological
• metapsychologist
• metapsychic

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