"psychohistory" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /sʌɪkəʊˈhɪstəɹi/ [UK] Forms: psychohistories [plural]
Etymology: From psycho- + history. * The science-fictional usage was created by Isaac Asimov in the mid-20th century. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|psycho|history}} psycho- + history Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} psychohistory (countable and uncountable, plural psychohistories)
  1. (psychology, historiography) The scientific study of psychology and motivation in history. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Historiography, Psychology Translations (psychology in history): psykohistoria (Finnish), psychohistoire [feminine] (French), psicostoria [feminine] (Italian), психоисто́рия (psixoistórija) [feminine] (Russian), psikotarih (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-psychohistory-en-noun-EyJ724Vi Topics: historiography, history, human-sciences, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of 'psychology in history': 89 11
  2. (science fiction) 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Science fiction, Social sciences
    Sense id: en-psychohistory-en-noun-4~lLsZrj Disambiguation of Social sciences: 12 88 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with psycho-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with psycho-: 25 75 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 8 92 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: psychohistorian, psychohistorical, psychohistoriography, psychosocial

Inflected forms

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