psychologist

[ sahy-kol-uh-jist ]
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noun
  1. a specialist in psychology.

  2. Philosophy. an adherent to or advocate of psychologism.

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

Origin of psychologist

1
First recorded in 1720–30; psycholog(y) + -ist

Words that may be confused with psychologist

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How to use psychologist in a sentence

  • This school of psychologists tends not to emphasize the object.

    The Analysis of Mind | Bertrand Russell
  • The criticism of introspection has been in the main the work of American psychologists.

    The Analysis of Mind | Bertrand Russell
  • Psychologists, on the other hand, find great difficulty in the conception.

    The Analysis of Mind | Bertrand Russell
  • We deny the correctness of these statements, in their application to psychologists of the present day.

  • Perhaps the psychologists of the book will find fault with my way of using the phrase, "disassociation of personality."

    Before Adam | Jack London