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Psychology
the study or treatment of mental diseases, especially in their relation to legal problems. — alienist, n.
the simultaneous presence in one person of positive and negative feelings towards a person, object, etc.; coexistence of mixed feelings.
the projection of one’s own characteristics onto another person. — automorphic, adj.
the theory or doctrine that observed behavior provides the only valid data of psychology. — behaviorist, n., adj. — behavioristic, adj.
the state of being sexually responsive or attracted to members of both sexes. See also body, human. — bisexual, adj.
the state of being sexually responsive or attracted to members of both sexes. See also body, human. — bisexual, adj.
Gestalt Psychology. the basic precept that psychological phenomena are the result of gestalts functioning separately or in relation to one another, as contrasted with individual elements, such as reflexes or sensations. — configurationist, n., — configurational, configurative, adj.
Medicine. a frenzied, sleepless delirium accompanied by wild and frightening hallucinations. Also corybantiasm.
a method of self-help stressing autosuggestion, introduced into America by the French psychotherapist Emile Coué c. 1920 and featuring the slogan “Every day in every way I am getting better and better.”
the innate ability to be clairvoyant, as in parapsychological experiments. — cryptesthetic, adj.
a mode of thinking directed away from reality and toward fantasy without cognizance of ordinary rules of logic. — dereistic, adj.
a condition characterized by a lack of sympathy or passion. — dyspathic, adj.
extreme anxiety and depression accompanied by obsession. — dysthymic, adj.
the study of mental imagery.
theory and practice of Sigmund Freud, especially in the area of neuroses, their causes and treatment. — Freudian, n., adj.
extreme or abnormal sensitivity, as to criticism. — hypersensitive, adj.
the process of producing a hypnotic condition or state of hypnosis. — hypnogenetic, adj.
the treatment of disease and illness by hypnosis. — hypnotherapist, n.
1. the science dealing with the induction of hypnosis, especially for therapeutic purposes.
2. the act of inducing hypnosis; hypnotizing.
3. hypnosis. — hypnotist, n. — hypnotistic, adj.
a state of dulled mental activity or decrease in the function of thought. Also called hypopsychosis.
hyponoia.
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