different between psychology vs nomology

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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Translations

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

Formed as nom- +? -o- +? -logy, by analogy with the French nomologie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n???m?l?d?i/, /n??m?l?d?i/

Noun

nomology (countable and uncountable, plural nomologies)

1. The study of laws
2. The study of general physical and logical laws
3. The science of the laws of the mind; rational psychology.

   • This nomology has obtained the name of Logic among other appellations, but not from Aristotle

Derived terms

• nomological
• nomologically

Translations

• Spanish: nomología (es) f

Anagrams

• monology