# psychologist

Pronunciation: say "sy-KOL-uh-jist" US /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/, UK /saɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/

## Noun

1. A trained expert in psychology, the study of the mind and of human and animal behavior.
   - Simple: A person who studies how the mind works and how people think, feel, and act.
   - _The psychologist designed a careful experiment to measure how stress affects memory._
   - _Clinical psychologists often work alongside physicians to treat patients with anxiety._

## Origin

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

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