Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The interaction of various conscious and unconscious mental or emotional processes, especially as they influence personality, behavior, and attitudes.
- noun The study of personality and behavior in terms of such processes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The science of the laws of mental action.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
dynamic interplay between forces that govern human behaviour.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the interrelation of conscious and unconscious processes and emotions that determine personality and motivation
- noun the branch of social psychology that deals with the processes and emotions that determine psychology and motivation
Etymologies
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Examples
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To Madonna: The diagnosis of psychopath fits well and has been under used by myself and some of my colleagues who think in terms of "psychodynamics" more than specific diagnostic terms.
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Referring to what he called the "psychodynamics" of groups falling into a "self-reverential mindset", he said M16's response to the absence of evidence of banned weapons was "simply to turn up the volume control to say, 'That just proves how devious Saddam Hussein is and how incompetent the inspectors are.'"
The Guardian World News Richard Norton-Taylor, Allegra Stratton 2010
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The Ego and the Id. A prominent paper studying of the human psyche outlining his theories of the psychodynamics of the id, ego, and super-ego, which is of fundamental importance in the development of psychoanalytic theory.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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The Ego and the Id. A prominent paper studying of the human psyche outlining his theories of the psychodynamics of the id, ego, and super-ego, which is of fundamental importance in the development of psychoanalytic theory.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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Yet, "the psychodynamics right now in the negotiations are focused on the cost" of climate prevention, the UNFCCC executive director told the audience.
Corbin Hiar: Dancing in the Dark: The Danger of Letting Business Lead on Climate Protection 2010
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Yet, "the psychodynamics right now in the negotiations are focused on the cost" of climate prevention, the UNFCCC executive director told the audience.
Corbin Hiar: Dancing in the Dark: The Danger of Letting Business Lead on Climate Protection 2010
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But the greater fear gripping them, Taylor says, is more profound than anything a tweak to the system could resolve – and almost always rooted in the psychodynamics of the family.
Hayley Taylor: 'I've felt what the unemployed feel: losing confidence, staring at four walls' 2010
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Yet, "the psychodynamics right now in the negotiations are focused on the cost" of climate prevention, the UNFCCC executive director told the audience.
Corbin Hiar: Dancing in the Dark: The Danger of Letting Business Lead on Climate Protection 2010
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Yet, "the psychodynamics right now in the negotiations are focused on the cost" of climate prevention, the UNFCCC executive director told the audience.
Corbin Hiar: Dancing in the Dark: The Danger of Letting Business Lead on Climate Protection 2010
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Yet, "the psychodynamics right now in the negotiations are focused on the cost" of climate prevention, the UNFCCC executive director told the audience.
Corbin Hiar: Dancing in the Dark: The Danger of Letting Business Lead on Climate Protection 2010
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The London-based life coach uses techniques from fields including positive psychology, hypnosis and psychodynamics (figuring out unconscious motivations).
Are our personalities set in stone, or can we work on – even improve – them? Jamie Waters 2021
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