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psychohistoire

French, noun/psi.ko.is.twaʁ/

psychohistoire is a French feminine noun meaning “psychohistory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Science dont le but est de prévoir l’avenir à partir des connaissances sur la psychologie humaine et les…”.

What does psychohistoire mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininepsychohistory

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Science dont le but est de prévoir l’avenir à partir des connaissances sur la psychologie humaine et les phénomènes sociaux en appliquant une analyse statistique. 2. Étude des motivations psychologiques des évènements historiques.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of psychohistoire

  • psychohistoires plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce psychohistoire?

  • /psi.ko.is.twaʁ/
  • \psi.ko.is.twaʁ\
  • [psi.ko.is.t̪waːʁ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to psychohistoire

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is psychohistoire in French?

psychohistoire appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).