Psychology - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Psychology :  (noun)

1: the science of mental life [syn: psychological science]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Psychology : \Psy*chol"o*gy\, n. pl. Psychologies. [Psycho- _ -logy: cf. F. psychologie. See Psychical.] The science of the human soul; specifically, the systematic or scientific knowledge of the powers and functions of the human soul, so far as they are known by consciousness; a treatise on the human soul.

Psychology, the science conversant about the phenomena of the mind, or conscious subject, or self. --Sir W. Hamilton.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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