metapsychology /meta·psy·chol·o·gy/ (-si-kol´ah-je) the branch of speculative psychology that deals with the significance of mental processes that are beyond empirical verification.
metapsychology [met´ah-si-kol´o-je]
met·a·psy·chol·o·gy (m t  -s -k l -j )n. 1. Philosophical inquiry supplementing the empirical science of psychology and dealing with aspects of the mind that cannot be evaluated on the basis of objective or empirical evidence. 2. A comprehensive system of psychology involving several different approaches to mental processes as described in the Freudian theory of the mind. |
metapsychology [met´ah-si-kol´o-je]
the branch of psychology that deals with the theoretical or speculative aspects of a particular subject of psychology, and the significance of mental processes that are beyond empirical verification.
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