metapsychology

English

Etymology

From meta- +‎ psychology.

Noun

metapsychology (countable and uncountable, plural metapsychologies)

1. (psychology) The philosophical study of psychology and of the mind.
2. (psychology) A set of principles governing Freudian psychology.
3. (philosophy) The study of how human experience forms, filters perception and shapes identity.

Related terms

• metapsychological
• metapsychologist
• metapsychic

Translations

principles of psychology

• French: métapsychologie (fr) f
• Italian: metapsicologia f (1,2)
• Turkish: metapsikoloji