metapsychologyn.

Brit.

/ˌmɛtəsʌɪˈkɒlədʒi/, U.S.

/ˈˌmɛdəˌsaɪˈkɑlədʒi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meta- prefix, psychology n.

Etymology: < meta- prefix + psychology n.In quots. 1913, 1914 and 1922 translating German Metapsychologie (apparently coined by S. Freud in a letter of 13 Mar. 1896, but not published until 1901 ( Zur Psychopathologie des Alltagslebens)); in subsequent use chiefly after Freud's use of the German term. Compare French métapsychologie (1914).

Chiefly Psychoanalysis.

The study of questions concerning the ultimate nature of the mind and its functions which lie beyond the scope of experimental psychology; (Psychoanalysis) speculative inquiry into the nature of the fundamental processes and states which underlie human psychology (e.g. in Freud's concepts of the ego, superego, and id); any particular theory concerning these phenomena.

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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > parapsychology > [noun] > speculative inquiry

metapsychology1868

psychotronics1968

1868 Catholic World 506/1 Facts, acts, and experiences which give us an insight into the interior recesses of the soul; which lay open its most hidden nature, and throw the greatest light on metaphysiology and metapsychology?

1913 C. R. Payne tr. E. Hitschmann Freud's Theories of Neuroses x. 143 The precise psycho-analytic method can replace the speculations of metaphysics which have remained essentially unchanged for centuries as a kind of ‘metapsychology’.

1914 A. A. Brill tr. S. Freud Psychopathol. Everyday Life xii. 309 We venture to explain in this way the myths of paradise and the fall of man, of God, of good and evil, of immortality and the like—that is, to transform metaphysics into meta-psychology.

1922 J. Strachey tr. S. Freud Group Psychol. 118 There is some difficulty in giving a representation of such a diversion of aim which will conform to the requirements of metapsychology.

1956 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 62 342/2 He interprets Freud's psychology in the light of his much more fragmentary metapsychology.

1971 R. D. Laing Self & Others i. 25 Metapsychology must begin from somebody's experience, but it is seldom clear from whose experience or what experience.

1986 D. W. Winnicott Ess. i. 15 The theory on which psychoanalysis is based..is usually called metapsychology (on the analogy of metaphysics).

1998 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 31 92/2 Part II reconstructs Freud's metapsychology in order to show that both its language and its logic are political.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metapsychology
释义	metapsychologyn. Brit. /ˌmɛtəsʌɪˈkɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˈˌmɛdəˌsaɪˈkɑlədʒi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meta- prefix, psychology n. Etymology: < meta- prefix + psychology n.In quots. 1913, 1914 and 1922 translating German Metapsychologie (apparently coined by S. Freud in a letter of 13 Mar. 1896, but not published until 1901 ( Zur Psychopathologie des Alltagslebens)); in subsequent use chiefly after Freud's use of the German term. Compare French métapsychologie (1914). Chiefly Psychoanalysis. The study of questions concerning the ultimate nature of the mind and its functions which lie beyond the scope of experimental psychology; (Psychoanalysis) speculative inquiry into the nature of the fundamental processes and states which underlie human psychology (e.g. in Freud's concepts of the ego, superego, and id); any particular theory concerning these phenomena. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > parapsychology > [noun] > speculative inquiry metapsychology1868 psychotronics1968 1868 Catholic World 506/1 Facts, acts, and experiences which give us an insight into the interior recesses of the soul; which lay open its most hidden nature, and throw the greatest light on metaphysiology and metapsychology? 1913 C. R. Payne tr. E. Hitschmann Freud's Theories of Neuroses x. 143 The precise psycho-analytic method can replace the speculations of metaphysics which have remained essentially unchanged for centuries as a kind of ‘metapsychology’. 1914 A. A. Brill tr. S. Freud Psychopathol. Everyday Life xii. 309 We venture to explain in this way the myths of paradise and the fall of man, of God, of good and evil, of immortality and the like—that is, to transform metaphysics into meta-psychology. 1922 J. Strachey tr. S. Freud Group Psychol. 118 There is some difficulty in giving a representation of such a diversion of aim which will conform to the requirements of metapsychology. 1956 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 62 342/2 He interprets Freud's psychology in the light of his much more fragmentary metapsychology. 1971 R. D. Laing Self & Others i. 25 Metapsychology must begin from somebody's experience, but it is seldom clear from whose experience or what experience. 1986 D. W. Winnicott Ess. i. 15 The theory on which psychoanalysis is based..is usually called metapsychology (on the analogy of metaphysics). 1998 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 31 92/2 Part II reconstructs Freud's metapsychology in order to show that both its language and its logic are political. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1868
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