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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The branch of psychology that aims to discover strict laws that govern the working of the mind, especially by means of experiment uncountable
2. 2
   the branch of psychology that uses experimental methods to study psychological issues wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

experimental psychologyexperimental psychologyparapsychologypsychological warfarepsychometrics

Etymology

From psycho- + -nomics.

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