psychodynamics

Noun

Meaning

the branch of social psychology that deals with the processes and emotions that determine psychology and motivation

the interrelation of conscious and unconscious processes and emotions that determine personality and motivation

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

psychology parapsychology psychometrics psychological warfare psychodynamic psychological hedonism psychogenetics

Hypernyms

interrelation social psychology interrelationship interrelatedness

Hyponyms

group dynamics

Examples

The truth of a proposition has little or nothing to do with its psychodynamics. The notion that ‘truth will prevail' is merely a pious wish; history doesn't show it. Robert A. Heinlein

Close letter words and terms

psychodramatist psychodynamic psychodynamically psychodysleptic psychoecological psychoeconomic