psychology (noun)
111anal retentive — adjective a stage in psychosexual development when the child s interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc. • Syn: ↑anal • Ant: ↑oral (for:… …
112autoscopy — ȯˈtäskəpē noun ( es) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary aut + scopy; probably originally formed as German autoskopie : visual hallucination of one s body image * * * autoscopy /ö toˈskə pi/ (psychology) noun Hallucination of an image …
113Jungian — [ jʊŋɪən] adjective relating to the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung (1875–1961) or his system of analytical psychology. noun a follower of Jung or his system …
114acatamathesia — /ə kat ə mə thēˈzi ə or zhə/ (psychology) noun The inability to comprehend data (objects, language, etc) presented to the senses ORIGIN: Gr a (privative), and katamanthanein to observe, understand, from kata (intens), and manthanein to learn …
115amorance — /amˈə rəns/ (psychology) noun 1. The state of being in love 2. Romantic love ORIGIN: L amor love • • • amˈorant adjective …
116attuition — /a tū ishˈən/ (psychology) noun A mental operation intermediate between sensation and perception ORIGIN: L ad to, and tuērī to attend to • • • attˈuent adjective Performing the function of attuition attˈuite / īt/ transitive verb To be conscious… …
117paragnosis — /pa rəg nōˈsis/ (psychology) noun Knowledge of matters not susceptible to investigation by traditional scientific methods ORIGIN: Gr para beside, beyond, and gnōsis knowing …
118Phaedra complex — /fēˈdrə komˈpleks/ (psychology) noun The difficult relationship which can arise between a new step parent and the (usu teenage) son or daughter of the original marriage ORIGIN: Greek story of Phaedra who fell in love with her stepson and… …
119psychonomics — noun the branch of psychology that uses experimental methods to study psychological issues • Syn: ↑experimental psychology • Hypernyms: ↑psychology, ↑psychological science • Hyponyms: ↑psychophysics, ↑behaviorism, ↑ …
120psychological science — noun the science of mental life • Syn: ↑psychology • Derivationally related forms: ↑psychological (for: ↑psychology), ↑psychologist (for: ↑psychology) …
