Wundt

American  

[voont] / vʊnt /

noun

1. Wilhelm Max 1832–1920, German physiologist and psychologist.

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Wundt British  

/ vʊnt /

noun

1. Wilhelm Max (ˈvɪlhɛlm maks). 1832–1920, German experimental psychologist

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Other Word Forms

• Wundtian adjective

Example Sentences

In 1879, the first laboratory for experimental psychology opened in Leipzig, Germany, under Wilhelm Wundt, who sought to quantify sensation and inner experience.

From The New Yorker

“The exact description of consciousness is the sole aim of experimental psychology,” Wundt wrote.

From The New Yorker

“We are always inwardly immersed in what Wundt has somewhere called the twilight of our general consciousness,” James reflected.

From The New Yorker

Wundt, he wrote, was going about it all wrong—much as the person who analyzes the content of bricks in order to understand the nature of a house.

From Scientific American

But even with that narrowed scope, we still come up against the same problem: can we really call Wundt the point of origin?

From Scientific American