protopsychological

English

Etymology

From proto- +‎ psychological.

Adjective

protopsychological (not comparable)

  1. Being or relating to an earlier form of what is now known as psychology.
    • 2011, Kelly Bulkeley, Clodagh Weldon, Teaching Jung, page 1:
      Just as he found protopsychological insights in the sacred texts of ancient religions, Jung identified essentially religious qualities in the modern scientific discipline of psychology.