"abnormal psychology" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: abnormal psychologies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} abnormal psychology (countable and uncountable, plural abnormal psychologies)
  1. The academic study of persons whose psychological characteristics deviate from the norm, such as neuroses, psychoses, and other disorders. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (academic study): ախտահոգեբանություն (axtahogebanutʻyun) (Armenian), psychopathologie [feminine] (Dutch), პათოფსიქოლოგია (ṗatopsikologia) (Georgian), psicologia anormal [feminine] (Portuguese), психопатоло́гия (psixopatológija) [feminine] (Russian), psicología anormal [feminine] (Spanish), патопсихологія (patopsyxolohija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-abnormal_psychology-en-noun-O0Zjq4Q6 Disambiguation of 'academic study': 96 4
  2. An instance of a person having psychological characteristics that deviate from the norm. Tags: countable, uncountable
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