Psychology
Pronunciation : Psy*chol"o*gy
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Psycho- + -logy: cf. F. psychologie. See Psychical.]
Definition : Defn: The science of the human soul; specifically, the systematic or scientific knowledge of the powers and functions of the human soul, so far as they are known by consciousness; a treatise on the human soul. Psychology, the science conversant about the phenomena of the mind, or conscious subject, or self. Sir W. Hamilton.
pl. Psychologies (.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913