n.
Pronunciation: -s ī - ' kä-l ə -j ē
Function: noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary
Date: 1868
: speculative psychology concerned with postulating the structure (as the ego and id) and processes (as cathexis) of the mind which usually cannot be demonstrated objectively
– meta · psy · cho · log · i · cal \ - ˌ s ī -k ə - ' lä-ji-k ə l \ adjective