psychologist

Word family  noun psychology psychologist adjective psychological adverb psychologically

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Related topics: Psychology, psychiatry

psy·chol·o·gist /saɪˈkɒlədʒɪst $ -ˈkɑː-/ ●●○ AWL noun [countable]  MPsomeone who is trained in psychology 心理学家 → psychiatrist a clinical psychologist 临床心理学家► see thesaurus at doctor

Examples from the Corpus

psychologist• They were advised by a psychologist to set aside a certain portion of time each evening for home-work.• Because psychologists can not explain homosexuality, they discuss it in terms of sickness or mystery.• Many woman-centred psychologists try to avoid such male-identified parameters.• a child psychologist• She told us she worked as an educational psychologist in Athens.• Every psychologist does exactly the same thing himself, and sees nothing wrong in it.• After graduation psychologists work in a variety of areas.• He admitted to his psychologist that he had been too shy to talk to women.• Peter Miller was an independent psychologist.• Female and male psychologists often experience what Laws calls sponsor relationships, which play an important part in getting them established.• Age is particularly significant for women psychologists.

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psychologist
psy‧chol‧o‧gist AC /saɪˈkɒlədʒəst, saɪˈkɒlədʒɪst $ -ˈkɑː-/ noun [countable]someone who is trained in psychology ⇨ psychiatrist:
    a clinical psychologist
     

THESAURUS

■ a doctor who treats mental illness
   ▪ psychiatrist /saɪˈkaɪətrəst, saɪˈkaɪətrɪst $ sə-/ a doctor who is trained to treat people with mental illnesses: In order to become a psychiatrist, you first need a medical degree.
   ▪ psychologist /saɪˈkɒlədʒəst, saɪˈkɒlədʒɪst $ -ˈkɑː-/ a scientist who studies and is trained in psychology (=the study of the mind): Many psychologists believe that aggression is a learned behaviour.
   ▪ shrink informal a humorous word for a psychiatrist
   ▪ therapist a trained person whose job is to help people with their emotional problems, especially by talking to them and asking them to talk about their feelings

psych·olo·gist AW BrE /saɪˈkɒlədʒɪst/ 🔊NAmE /saɪˈkɑːlədʒɪst/ 🔊 nouna scientist who studies and is trained in psychology 心理学家；心理学研究者◆an educational psychologist教育心理学家◆a clinical psychologist (= one who treats people with mental disorders or problems) 心理医生