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metapsychology

noun

  1. speculative psychology concerned with postulating the structure (such as the ego and id) and processes (such as cathexis) of the mind which usually cannot be demonstrated objectively
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Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- English psychology English metapsychology From meta- + psychology.

  1. The philosophical study of psychology and of the mind.
  2. A set of principles governing Freudian psychology.
  3. The study of how human experience forms, filters perception and shapes identity.