Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

psychonomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
psy-chon-o-my
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The psychology of human behaviour.

Dated; Uncountable

Etymology

From psycho- + -nomy.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Questions

What does psychonomy mean?
The psychology of human behaviour.
Where does psychonomy come from?
From psycho- + -nomy.

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