abnormal psychology

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   the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior

   Synonymspsychopathology

   Broaderpsychology

Questions about abnormal psychology

What does abnormal psychology mean?

abnormal psychology means "the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior".

What is another word for abnormal psychology?

Close synonyms include psychopathology. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is abnormal psychology a common word?

abnormal psychology is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.