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metapsychology

American  
[met-uh-sahy-kol-uh-jee] / ˌmɛt ə saɪˈkɒl ə dʒi /

noun

  1. speculative thought dealing systematically with concepts extending beyond the limits of psychology as an empirical science.

metapsychology British  
/ ˌmɛtəˌsaɪkəˈlɒdʒɪkəl, ˌmɛtəsaɪˈkɒlədʒɪ /

noun

  1. the study of philosophical questions, such as the relation between mind and body, that go beyond the laws of experimental psychology

  2. any attempt to state the general laws of psychology

  3. another word for parapsychology

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Other Word Forms

  • metapsychological adjective

Etymology

Origin of metapsychology

First recorded in 1905–10; meta- + psychology

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