psychologies

Variant of psychology

noun pl. psychologies

    1. the science dealing with the mind and with mental and emotional processes
    2. the science of human and animal behavior
  1. the sum of the actions, traits, attitudes, thoughts, mental states, etc. of a person or group: the psychology of the adolescent
  2. a particular system of psychology

Origin: ModL psychologia: see psycho- & -logy

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