psycho-

psycho-

See also: psycho

English

Alternative forms

• psych- (before a vowel)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ̯.kəʊ̯/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ̯.koʊ̯/

Prefix

psycho-

1. Relating to the soul, the mind, or to psychology.
   • 2012, Richard Overy, ‘The Mind of Evil’, Literary Review, issue 399:

     This endeavour forms the core of Daniel Pick's fascinating study of the mobilisation of psychoanalysis not only for the Allied war effort, but for a postwar world momentarily seduced by the idea that war and violence might be eridicated by a bit of psycho-science.

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with psycho-

• psychonarration
• psychonarrative
• psychoverbal
• psychovisual

 

Translations

relating to the mind

Catalan: psico- (ca) Czech: psycho- French: psycho- (fr) Galician: psico- (gl) German: psycho- (de) Greek: ψυχ- (psych-) Interlingua: psycho- Italian: psico- (it) Malay: psiko- (ms), jiwa (ms) Portuguese: psico- (pt) Romanian: psiho- Russian: психо- (psixo-) Spanish: psico- (es) Turkish: psiko- Ukrainian: психо- (psyxo-)

See also

• psyche
• psycho

References

• Definition of psych - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

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Czech

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpsɪxo]

Prefix

psycho-

1. psycho-

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with psycho-

Related terms

• psychiatr
• psychiatrický
• psychiatrie
• psychický
• psychika
• psychopat
• psychotický
• psychóza
• psýcha
• Psýché

 

Further reading

• psycho- in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• psycho- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

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Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Prefix

psycho-

1. psycho-

Derived terms

Dutch terms prefixed with psycho-

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French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /psi.ko/

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

psycho-

1. psycho-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with psycho-

• psychiatrie
• psychologie
• psychologique
• psychologue

 

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German

Alternative forms

• psych- (before a vowel)

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpsy(ː)ço/
• Hyphenation: psy‧cho-

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

psycho-

1. psycho- (relating to the soul, the mind, or to psychology)

   ‎psycho- + ‎Therapie (“therapy”) → ‎Psychotherapie (“psychotherapy”)

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with psycho-

Further reading

• “psycho-” in Duden online
• “psycho-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpsɨ.xɔ/

Prefix

psycho-

1. psycho-

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with psycho-

Further reading

• psycho- in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• psycho- in Polish dictionaries at PWN