Psychosemantics
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The study of how meaning is inferred. uncountable
"Psychosemantics has a long history in psychology and includes concepts and techniques developed by the American psychologist Osgood (Osgood, 1971; Osgood, Suci, & Tannenbaum, 1957( and Kelly (1955). Russian psychosemantics is based on the methodological and theoretical foundations introduced by Lev Vygotsky, Alexei Leontiev, and Alexander Luria."
Example
More examples"Psychosemantics has a long history in psychology and includes concepts and techniques developed by the American psychologist Osgood (Osgood, 1971; Osgood, Suci, & Tannenbaum, 1957( and Kelly (1955). Russian psychosemantics is based on the methodological and theoretical foundations introduced by Lev Vygotsky, Alexei Leontiev, and Alexander Luria."
Etymology
From psycho- + semantics.
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