psy·chol·o·gist

[sahy-kol-uh-jist]
noun
1.
a specialist in psychology.
2.
Philosophy. an adherent to or advocate of psychologism.
adjective
3.
Also, psy·chol·o·gis·tic. of or pertaining to psychologism.

Origin:
1720–30; psycholog(y) + -ist

psychiatrist, psychologist, psychoanalyst, psychotherapist.
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psychology (saɪˈkɒlədʒɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -gies
1.  analytical psychology clinical psychology comparative psychology educational psychology See also experimental psychology the scientific study of all forms of human and animal behaviour, sometimes concerned with the methods through which behaviour can be modified
2.  informal the mental make-up or structure of an individual that causes him or her to think or act in the way he or she does
 
psy'chologist
 
n

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psychologist psy·chol·o·gist (sī-kŏl'ə-jĭst)
n.
A person trained and educated to perform psychological research, testing, and therapy.

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Example sentences
We took him to see a psychologist last year, and the psychologist did all these
  tests and said he had.
Each panel consists of three members-usually a lawyer or a judge, a doctor, and
  a psychologist or a social worker.
So she asked their grandson, a psychologist, to bring the octogenarian to me
  for an evaluation.
He is neither a biologist nor a psychologist and his book takes him into some
  fairly technical literature.
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