Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

depth psychology

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.11 in modern English

Syllables: depth psy-chol-o-gy
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An approach to psychology which attempts to describe and explain the structure, content, and relationship of conscious and unconscious mental activity, and which is intended to serve as a basis for psychoanalytic therapies.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Depth psychology now probably has more influence on the U.S. at large through business and advertising than through clinics or mental-health programs."
"Mr Waterfield's long book traces the history of hypnosis from its discovery by Franz Anton Mesmer . . . who has been both derided as a self-seeking charlatan and praised as the forerunner of depth psychology."
"[A] nucleus of thinkers at Columbia . . . formed a loose federation of like minds. . . . Most were influenced by European social science, in particular by psychoanalysis and depth psychology, which offered more fruitful diagnostic methods than the tired formulas of Marxism and the class struggle."

Etymology

From the German Tiefenpsychologie, reportedly coined by Eugen Bleuler (1857-1939).

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

depth psychologies (plural) depth-psychology (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

behaviorism

Synonyms

psychoanalysis analysis

Questions

What does depth psychology mean?: An approach to psychology which attempts to describe and explain the structure, content, and relationship of conscious and unconscious mental activity, and which is intended to serve as a basis for psychoanalytic therapies.
Where does depth psychology come from?: From the German Tiefenpsychologie, reportedly coined by Eugen Bleuler (1857-1939).

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