sikolohiya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• psikolohia, sikolohia — dated
• psikolohiya — dated
• saykolohiya — pseudo-Hispanism

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish psicología, from New Latin psychologia, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) + -logia. Doublet of saykolodyi.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sikoloˈhia/ [sɪ.xo.loˈhiː.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: si‧ko‧lo‧hi‧ya

Noun

sikolohiya (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜃᜓᜎᜓᜑᜒᜌ) (social sciences)

1. psychology

   Synonyms: dalub-isipan, agham-isip, ag-isip, saykolodyi, (obsolete) paladiwaan

   • 2015, Virgilio G. Enriquez, “Mga Batayan ng Sikolohiyang Pilipino sa Kultura at Kasaysayan”, in Daluyan: Journal ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], page 35:

     Layunin ng kasalukuyang pananaliksik na mapag-alaman ang mga batayan ng Sikolohiyang Pilipino at matalunton ang kasaysayan ng sikolohiya sa iba’t ibang dako ng Pilipinas.

     The objective of current research is to know the foundations of Filipino Psychology and to trace the history of psychology in different points of the Philippines.

Derived terms

• sikolohista

Related terms

• sikiko
• sikiyatra
• sikiyatriya
• sikologo
• sikolohiko
• sikoterapiya

Further reading

• “sikolohiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018