psychology

«psychology» in Mova's school dictionary: the science that studies the mind, feelings and how… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (psychology — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Psychology is the science that studies the mind, feelings and how people (and animals) think and behave. tree →

2) Someone's psychology is the way they think and feel. tree →

sense in the lessons

In lessons on feelings and the body, psychology explains learning, memory and emotions; in everyday life a psychologist helps people. Phrases: study psychology, child psychology, the psychology of colour.

examples

• My aunt studied psychology at university. tree →
• Psychology helps us understand why people feel sad. tree →
• Child psychology is about how children think. tree →
• Shops use psychology to make you buy more. tree →
• The coach understood the team's psychology. tree →
• We learned some psychology about memory. tree →

note

Uncountable. Say sy-KOL-uh-jee; the p is silent. A psychologist studies the mind; a psychiatrist is a medical doctor for mental illness.

In the corpora

• Words with silent first letters are found under their real spelling: psychology under ps, knee under kn.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «psychology» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.