psychologist
noun
psy·chol·o·gist
sī-ˈkä-lə-jist 
plural psychologists
: a person who specializes in the study of mind and behavior or in the treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychology
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Asked if some of the singers get nervous in front of the superstar panel, Bryan said he’s basically become an amateur psychologist at this point.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2025
Even better is a technique called mental contrasting, co-developed by the psychologist Gabriele Oettingen, who led the study on college students.
—Richard A. Friedman, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
Tears For Fears co-founders Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith named their band after a phrase from the writings of Arthur Janov, the psychologist who popularized primal scream therapy.
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In the 1920s, psychologist Hermann Rorschach created a test that asked people to interpret ambiguous inkblots.
—Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2025
Even better is a technique called mental contrasting, co-developed by the psychologist Gabriele Oettingen, who led the study on college students.
—Richard A. Friedman, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
Tears For Fears co-founders Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith named their band after a phrase from the writings of Arthur Janov, the psychologist who popularized primal scream therapy.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 25 Feb. 2025
In the 1920s, psychologist Hermann Rorschach created a test that asked people to interpret ambiguous inkblots.
—Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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psychologist
noun
psy·chol·o·gist
sī-ˈkäl-ə-jəst
: a specialist in psychology
especially
: a practitioner of clinical psychology, counseling, or guidance
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