metapsychology — [met΄əsī käl′ə jē] n. speculation about the origin, structure, function, etc. of the mind and about the relation between the mental and the physical, regarded as supplemental to psychology metapsychological [met΄ə sī΄kə läj′i kəl] adj … English World dictionary
metapsychology — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1868 speculative psychology concerned with postulating the structure (as the ego and id) and processes (as cathexis) of the mind which usually cannot be demonstrated objectively •… … New Collegiate Dictionary
metapsychology — metapsychological /met euh suy keuh loj i keuhl/, adj. /met euh suy kol euh jee/, n. speculative thought dealing systematically with concepts extending beyond the limits of psychology as an empirical science. [1905 10; META + PSYCHOLOGY] * * * … Universalium
metapsychology — noun a) The philosophical study of psychology and of the mind b) A set of principles governing Freudian psychology … Wiktionary
metapsychology — 1. A systematic attempt to discern and describe what lies beyond the empirical facts and laws of psychology, such as the relations between body and mind, or concerning the place of the mind in the universe. 2. In psychoanalysis, or psychoanalytic … Medical dictionary
metapsychology — study of nature of the mind Sciences and Studies … Phrontistery dictionary
metapsychology — noun the study of mental processes beyond what can be studied experimentally. Derivatives metapsychological adjective … English new terms dictionary
metapsychology — meta·psychology … English syllables
metapsychology — met•a•psy•chol•o•gy [[t]ˌmɛt ə saɪˈkɒl ə dʒi[/t]] n. psl speculative thought dealing with concepts extending beyond the limits of psychology as an empirical science • Etymology: 1905–10 met a•psy cho•log′i•cal kəˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl adj … From formal English to slang
metapsychology — /ˌmɜtəsaɪˈkɒlədʒi/ (say .mertuhsuy koluhjee) noun the branch of psychology which deals with philosophical questions which cannot be answered by experimental means, as the relationship between mind and body …
