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Meaning of "psychohistory" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PSYCHOHISTORY

psychohistory  [ˌsaɪkəʊˈhɪstərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PSYCHOHISTORY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Psychohistory is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PSYCHOHISTORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

psychohistory

Psychohistory

Psychohistory is the study of the psychological motivations of historical events. It attempts to combine the insights of psychotherapy with the research methodology of the social sciences to understand the emotional origin of the social and political behavior of groups and nations, past and present. Its subject matter is childhood and the family, and psychological studies of anthropology and ethnology.

Definition of psychohistory in the English dictionary

The definition of psychohistory in the dictionary is biography based on psychological theories of personality development.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PSYCHOHISTORY


bistoury
ˈbɪstərɪ
blistery
ˈblɪstərɪ
blustery
ˈblʌstərɪ
consistory
kənˈsɪstərɪ
evangelistary
ɪˌvændʒəˈlɪstərɪ
faldistory
ˈfɔːldɪstərɪ
herstory
ˈhɜːstərɪ
history
ˈhɪstərɪ
magistery
ˈmædʒɪstərɪ
mastery
ˈmɑːstərɪ
monastery
ˈmɒnəstərɪ
mystery
ˈmɪstərɪ
phrontistery
ˈfrʌntɪstərɪ
polyhistory
ˌpɒlɪˈhɪstərɪ
prehistory
priːˈhɪstərɪ
protohistory
ˌprəʊtəʊˈhɪstərɪ
self-mastery
ˌselfˈmɑːstərɪ
slaistery
ˈsleɪstərɪ
upholstery
ʌpˈhəʊlstərɪ
wastery
ˈweɪstərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PSYCHOHISTORY

psychognosis
psychognostic
psychogony
psychogram
psychograph
psychographic
psychographics
psychography
psychohistorian
psychohistories
psychoid
psychokineses
psychokinesis
psychokinetic
psychol.
psycholinguist
psycholinguistic
psycholinguistics
psychologic
psychological

WORDS THAT END LIKE PSYCHOHISTORY

alternative history
ancient history
back story
cover story
credit history
directory
fish story
ghost story
horror story
life story
love story
medical history
natural history
oral history
service history
short story
sob story
social history
story
success story
the same old story

Synonyms and antonyms of psychohistory in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «psychohistory» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PSYCHOHISTORY

Find out the translation of psychohistory to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of psychohistory from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «psychohistory» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

心理历史学
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

psicohistoria
570 millions of speakers

English

psychohistory
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

psychohistory
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

psychohistory
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

психоистория
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

psychohistory
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

psychohistory
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

psychohistory
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Psychohistory
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Psycho
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

歴史心理学
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

psychohistory
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Psychohistory
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

psychohistory
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

psychohistory
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मनोविज्ञान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

psikotarihi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

psicostoria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

psychohistorii
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

психоистория
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

psihoistoriei
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

psychohistory
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

psychohistory
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

psycho
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

psychohistory
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of psychohistory

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PSYCHOHISTORY»

The term «psychohistory» is normally little used and occupies the 131.971 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PSYCHOHISTORY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «psychohistory» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «psychohistory» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about psychohistory

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PSYCHOHISTORY»

Discover the use of psychohistory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to psychohistory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
White Racism: A Psychohistory
This is the only comprehensive psychoanalytic study of white racism.
Joel Kovel, 1988
2
The Psychohistory Review
A quarterly which seeks to keep its readers informed of recent developments in the diverse field of psychohistory.
‎1998
3
King Herod: A Persecuted Persecutor : a Case Study in ...
Biographical note: Aryeh Kasher, University of Tel-Aviv, Israel;Eliezer Witztum, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Aryeh Kasher, Eliezer Witztum, 2007
4
Psychohistory in Psychology of Religion: Interdisciplinary ...
BELIEF. IN. NON-BELIEF. THE. CASE. OF. VINCENT. VAN. GOGH. William W. Meissner Introduction I have long held the opinion that the careful, detailed examination of the lives of religious figures would yield a rich potential treasure of  ...
Jacob A. Belzen, 2001
5
Bibliography of Psychohistory
Citations arranged by authors under 6 topics, i.e., Methodology and general, History ofchildhood, Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance, Modern, and Asia. Appendix of interdisciplinary sources with annotated references. Index.
L. De Mause, 1975
6
Nietzsche, psychohistory, and the birth of Christianity
Traces the development of Nietzsche's ideas on Jesus, St. Paul, and early Christianity.
Morgan Rempel, 2002
7
Shrinking History: On Freud and the Failure of Psychohistory
Attacks the theory and fundamental concepts of psychohistory, the formation of psychoanalytic hypotheses about history, challenging the validity of the evidence and logic used to support its claims
David E. Stannard, 1982
8
Introduction to African American Studies: Transdisciplinary ...
Peter Loewenberg submits that psychohistory is a synthesis between the disciplines of history and psychoanalysis. Furthermore, psychohistory “seeks the function of the unconscious in human behavior as evidenced by life styles, adaptations, ...
Talmadge Anderson, James Benjamin Stewart, 2007
9
Erik Erikson: Exploring the Life Cycle, Identity and ...
Erik Erikson is an important theorist who has influenced psychological thinking about childhood and its relation to society, adolescent identity, the life cycle and the nature of culture.
Richard Stevens, 2008
10
The Houses of History: A Critical Reader in ...
One of the most controversial areas of twentieth-century historiography is psychohistory, the use of psychoanalysis to aid our understanding of historical personalities, groups or trends. Reactions to psychohistory have been diverse, from ...
Anna Green, Kathleen Troup, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PSYCHOHISTORY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term psychohistory is used in the context of the following news items.
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Everything you need to know about Issac Asimov's Foundation, a …
One of the book's core ideas is "psychohistory," a fictional social science that that lets you predict the future of civilizations, not people. One of the book's core ... «Business Insider, Apr 15»
2
Wellfleet: A Town For All Seasons
They met at Lipton's Wellfleet home overlooking the Atlantic. The group, the Wellfleet Psychohistory Group, concentrated on psychological motivations for war, ... «Cape Cod Today, Mar 15»
3
Science 2.0: Can Large-Scale Analytics Predict Major Societal …
That's like psychohistory in Azimov's Foundation series... AnonymousZ (not verified) | 01/29/15 | 11:16 AM. Link · akalaniz. Was statistical back testing done? «Science 2.0, Jan 15»
4
'LOOK into my EYES: You are feeling very worried about the climate …
At the time, we compared Pidgeon's proposed new methods to Isaac Asimov's science-fictional discipline of "psychohistory", a set of methods which could be ... «The Register, Jan 15»
5
What if we called websites 'psychohistory'? Internet pioneer recounts …
Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee had the sci-fi inspired name in mind, according to fellow innovator Wendy Hall, who spoke to CNET about the evolution of the ... «CNET, Dec 14»
6
Asimov's Foundation series may be coming to HBO, courtesy of …
After developing an area of study called Psychohistory that can predict the future in broad strokes, Seldon discovers the Galactic Empire is headed for collapse. «Geek, Nov 14»
7
The App-Driven Life
Hari Seldon, the catalyst character, discovers psychohistory, a scientific discipline that could extrapolate future events if the society was large enough and ... «The Federalist, Sep 14»
8
Ancient Atlases
... historical atlas of the ancient world. Indeed, a great favorite of mine. And it fed right into my Asimov-psychohistory obsession with its declaration, early on, that. «New York Times, Aug 14»
9
The Return of History at Long Timescales
Talk to many scientists involved in computational social science, complex systems, and related fields, and at a certain point, someone will mention psychohistory ... «Wired, Jan 14»
10
Big Data: Is It Straight Out Of Sci-Fi?
Working on a project about big data, I started thinking how similar it is to psychohistory, the invention of sci-fi author Isaac Asimov. The idea of psychohistory ... «Forbes, Aug 13»

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