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psychologist

noun
Saysy-KOL-uh-jist/ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/UK/saɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/

Pluralpsychologists

1 meaning of psychologist

Practice

  1. 1
    nouncountable
    A trained expert in psychology, the study of the mind and of human and animal behavior.

    The psychologist designed a careful experiment to measure how stress affects memory.

    Clinical psychologists often work alongside physicians to treat patients with anxiety.

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Origin

Formed from "psychology" combined with the suffix "-ist", which marks a person who practices or studies something.