psicología

See also: psicologia

Spanish

Alternative forms

• sicología

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)

1. psychology

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

• psicológico
• psicólogo

 

Further reading

• “psicología”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28