Unscramble

p 3 s 1 y 4 c 3 h 4 o 1 l 1 o 1 g 2 y 4

10 letters · 24 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun the science of mental life

originFrom French psychologie, from Renaissance Latin psychologia, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) + -λογία (-logía, “study of”), equivalent to psycho- + -logy. The Latin term is believed by some to have been coined in a lost treatise by Croatian humanist Marko Marulić (1450–1524), but this is disputed by other scholars. It is first attested in the 1570s, at which time it was apparently…

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