psycho-

• psych- (prevocalically)

From Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-), combining form of ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ.kəʊ/, [ˈsaɪ̯.kəʊ̯]
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ.koʊ/, (Canadian raising) [ˈsʌɪ̯.koʊ̯]

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑe.kəʉ/, (some speakers) [ˈsɑe̯.kɐʉ̯]
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ.kɐʉ/, [ˈsɑe̯.kɐʉ̯]

psycho-

1. Relating to the soul, the mind, or to psychology.
   • 2012, Richard Overy, “The Mind of Evil”, in Literary Review, number 399:

     This endeavour forms the core of Daniel Pick's fascinating study of the mobilisation of psychoanalysis not only for the Allied war effort, but for a postwar world momentarily seduced by the idea that war and violence might be eridicated by a bit of psycho-science.

• psyche
• psycho

• Definition of psych - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Derived from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpsɪxo]

psycho-

1. psycho-

• “psycho-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• psycho- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).

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psycho-

1. psycho-

From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).

• IPA^(key): /psi.ko/

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psycho-

1. psycho-

• psych- (before a vowel)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpsy(ː)ço/
• Hyphenation: psy‧cho-

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psycho-

1. psycho- (relating to the soul, the mind, or to psychology)

   ‎psycho- + ‎Therapie (“therapy”) → ‎Psychotherapie (“psychotherapy”)

• “psycho-” in Duden online
• “psycho-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ).

• IPA^(key): /psɘ.xɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɘxɔ
• Syllabification: psy‧cho-
• Homophone: psycho

psycho-

1. psycho- (relating to the soul, the mind, or to psychology)

• psycho- in Polish dictionaries at PWN