psychohistory
/sʌɪkəʊˈhɪstəɹi/noun
psychohistory is a noun meaning “The scientific study of psychology and motivation in history” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-H-I-S-T-O-R-Y, and it appears about once in every 30 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of psychohistory is psychohistories.
What does psychohistory mean?
noun
- 1
The scientific study of psychology and motivation in history.
- 2
A fictional mathematical statistical science of large population dynamics, where mathematical models can predict general futures, based on activities of quadrillions of individuals. The fictional science first occurs in Asimov's 1950s Foundation series, and has since been picked up by other authors for other works.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce psychohistory?
- UK /sʌɪkəʊˈhɪstəɹi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of psychohistory
- psychohistories plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is psychohistory?
Psychohistory appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Psychohistory in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense psychology in history:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | psychohistoire |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does psychohistory come from?
From psycho- + history.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).