psicología
See also: psicologia
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin psychologia, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) + -logia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sikoloˈxia/ [si.ko.loˈxi.a]
- Rhymes: -ia
- Syllabification: psi‧co‧lo‧gí‧a
Noun
psicología f (uncountable)
Hyponyms
- psicología clínica (“clinical psychology”)
- psicología cognitiva (“cognitive psychology”)
- psicología del desarrollo (“developmental psychology”)
- psicología infantil (“child psychology”)
- psicología inversa
- psicología social (“social psychology”)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “psicología”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024