🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

psicología

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sikoloˈxía

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Psychology/saɪˈkɒl.ə.dʒi/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1450 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Estudia psicología en Madrid."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior in a given context.

    "She is majoring in psychology at the university."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Modern Latin 'psychologia', coined in the late 15th or early 16th century, combining the Greek 'psykhē' (meaning breath, spirit, or soul) and '-logia' (meaning study of). Over centuries, its meaning shifted from the theological study of the soul to the empirical and scientific study of human mental functions and behaviors.

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