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What is the difference between psychology and psycho?

psychology | psycho |

As nouns the difference between psychology and psycho

is that psychology is the study of the human mind while psycho is a person who is psychotic or otherwise insane.

As an adjective psycho is

psychotic, or otherwise insane.

psychology

Noun

  • (uncountable) The study of the human mind.
  • (uncountable) The study of human behavior.
  • (uncountable) The study of animal behavior.
  • (countable) The mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.
  • * 1970 , Mary M. Luke, A Crown for Elizabeth , page 8:
  • For generations, historians have conjectured everything from a warped psychology to a deformed body as accounting for Elizabeth's preferred spinsterhood...
  • * 1969 , Victor Alba, The Latin Americans , page 42:
  • In the United States, the psychology of a laborer, a farmer, a businessman does not differ in any important respect.

    Derived terms

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    psycho

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (colloquial, or, pejorative) Psychotic, or otherwise insane.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pejorative, slang) A person who is psychotic or otherwise insane.
  • The loony bin up on the hill is full of psychos .
  • (pejorative, slang) A person who acts in a bizarre or dangerous manner.
  • She complained that he was a psycho for driving at such a high speed in heavy traffic.
  • (informal) A class, at a college or university, in which psychology is taught.
  • "I've got anthro, socio, lunch, and psycho."

    Synonyms

    * (pejorative for a pyschotic or otherwise insane person) freak, loony, nutcase, wacko * (pejorative for a person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner) creep, freak, loose cannon, weirdo