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psychology

/saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ noun B2
  1. The study of the human mind. (uncountable)
  2. The study of human or animal behavior. (uncountable)
  3. The study of the soul. (uncountable)
  4. The mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity. (countable)

Plural psychologies

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‘Do We Progress?’ (Journal of Psychology, March, 1883).
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 5 · C1
There is not one of those women, Egyptian, Turkish, or Greek, whom here you call ‘good women,’ who do not know how, by means of chemistry, to stupefy a doctor, and in psychology to amaze a confessor.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 524 · C1
The sudden proliferation of these remarkable performances demonstrated a fascinating phenomenon regarding human potential and collective sports psychology.
Shattering the Impossible: The Four-Minute Mile, p. 1 · C1
This profound experience, often called olfactory memory, is a fascinating intersection of biology and human psychology.
The Scent of the Past, p. 1 · C1

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