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psychologist

[ sahy-kol-uh-jist ]

/ saɪˈkɒl ə dʒɪst /

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noun

a specialist in psychology.

Philosophy. an adherent to or advocate of psychologism.

adjective

Also psy·chol·o·gis·tic. of or relating to psychologism.

Origin of psychologist

First recorded in 1720–30; psycholog(y) + -ist

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH psychologist

psychiatrist psychologist psychoanalyst psychotherapist

Words nearby psychologist

psychological novel, psychological operations, psychological primary, psychological warfare, psychologism, psychologist, psychologize, psychology, psychomachia, psychomancy, psychometric

Example sentences from the Web for psychologist

Most of us have an unhealthy relationship with anger, writes author and psychologist Andrea Brandt.

Can Self-Help Books Really Make a New You? |Lizzie Crocker |December 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A psychologist from the Syrian town of Latakia recently told me she had counseled 15 women who had been released from detention.

Escaping Assad’s Rape Prisons: A Survivor Tells Her Story |Jamie Dettmer |October 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And the final product of our training must be neither a psychologist nor a brickmason, but a man.

College Must Be More Than Just a Classy Trade School |Michael S. Roth |August 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Håkon, a Norwegian psychologist friend, said I would need therapy afterwards.

Spirit Tripping With Colombian Shamans |Chris Allbritton |August 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

When Smith was asked how he could diagnose Obama, he admitted he is not a psychologist and was just speculating.

Republican Thinks Obama’s Mental Illness Caused Border Crisis |Gideon Resnick |July 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The psychologist (not lifting his gaze from the realm of the changeable) may find in them matters of interest.

Essays in Experimental Logic |John Dewey
Without knowing it, he was something of a psychologist himself.

Big Stupe |Charles V. De Vet
To the psychologist, conduct is a matter of cause and effect, of natural law.

Psychology |Robert S. Woodworth
It is here that the actual learning process is found to vary somewhat from the outline of the psychologist and logician.

Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education |Ontario Ministry of Education
The psychologist shook his head, then appeared to reconsider and his face brightened.

Take the Reason Prisoner |John Joseph McGuire

Medical definitions for psychologist

psychologist

[ sī-kŏl′ə-jĭst ]

n.

A person trained and educated to perform psychological research, testing, and therapy.