sikolohiya
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- psikolohia, sikolohia — dated
- psikolohiya — dated
- saykolohiya — pseudo-Hispanism
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish psicología, from New Latin psychologia, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) + -logia. Doublet of saykolodyi.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /sikoloˈhia/ [sɪ.xo.loˈhiː.ɐ]
- Rhymes: -ia
- Syllabification: si‧ko‧lo‧hi‧ya
Noun
sikolohiya (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜃᜓᜎᜓᜑᜒᜌ) (social sciences)
- psychology
- Synonyms: dalub-isipan, agham-isip, ag-isip, saykolodyi, (obsolete) paladiwaan
- 2015, Virgilio G. Enriquez, “Mga Batayan ng Sikolohiyang Pilipino sa Kultura at Kasaysayan”, in Daluyan: Journal ng Wikang Filipino[1], page 35:
- Layunin ng kasalukuyang pananaliksik na mapag-alaman ang mga batayan ng Sikolohiyang Pilipino at matalunton ang kasaysayan ng sikolohiya sa iba’t ibang dako ng Pilipinas.
- The objective of current research is to know the foundations of Filipino Psychology and to trace the history of psychology in different points of the Philippines.
Derived terms
Related terms
- parasikolohiya
- sikiko
- sikiyatra
- sikiyatriya
- sikoanalisis
- sikoanalista
- sikoanalitikal
- sikoanalitiko
- sikologo
- sikolohiko
- sikoterapiya
Further reading
- “sikolohiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018