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Psychology vs Sexology - What's the difference?

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Sexology is a synonym of psychology.



As nouns the difference between psychology and sexology

is that psychology is the study of the human mind while sexology is the study of sex and sexuality, usually from a psychological or clinical perspective.

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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    sexology

    English

    Noun

  • The study of sex and sexuality, usually from a psychological or clinical perspective.
  • Synonyms

    *sexual psychology

    Derived terms

    * sexological * sexologist