zoopsychology, n.

zoopsychology
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Revised 2017

# zoopsychologynoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zoopsychology mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zoopsychology. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

### How common is the noun zoopsychology?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1890 | 0.0017
1900 | 0.0015
1910 | 0.0015
1920 | 0.0014
1930 | 0.0009
1940 | 0.0011
1950 | 0.0013
1960 | 0.001
1970 | 0.001
1980 | 0.0008
1990 | 0.0008
2000 | 0.0008
2010 | 0.0007

### How is the noun zoopsychology pronounced?

#### British English

/ˌzuːə(ʊ)sʌɪˈkɒlədʒi/
zoo-oh-sigh-KOL-uh-jee
/ˌzəʊə(ʊ)sʌɪˈkɒlədʒi/
zoh-oh-sigh-KOL-uh-jee

#### U.S. English

/ˌzoʊəsaɪˈkɑlədʒi/
zoh-uh-sigh-KAH-luh-jee
/ˌzuəsaɪˈkɑlədʒi/
zoo-uh-sigh-KAH-luh-jee

### Where does the noun zoopsychology come from?

Earliest known use

1840s

The earliest known use of the noun zoopsychology is in the 1840s.

OED's earliest evidence for zoopsychology is from 1847, in a translation by Hannibal Evans Lloyd, philologist and translator, and B. G. Babington.

### Nearby entries

1. zoophyton, n. 1601–
2. zooplankter, n. 1935–
3. zooplanktivore, n. 1972–
4. zooplanktivorous, adj. 1971–
5. zooplankton, n. 1897–
6. zooplanktonic, adj. 1912–
7. zooplastic, adj. a1855–
8. zoopraxinoscope, n. 1889–
9. zoopraxiscope, n. 1881–
10. zoopraxography, n. 1891–
11. zoopsychology, n.1847–
12. zooscopic, adj. 1817–
13. zooscopy, n. 1891–
14. zoosematic, adj. 1898–1909
15. zoosemiotics, n. 1963–
16. zoosophy, n. 1662–1848
17. zoosperm, n. 1824–
18. zoospermatic, adj. 1845–79
19. zoosporangiophore, n. 1889–
20. zoosporangium, n. 1862–
21. zoospore, n. 1842–

## Etymology

After German Zoopsychologie (1845 in the passage translated in quot. 1847).

## Meaning & use

Now chiefly historical.

1. 1847–
   The psychology of animals; the scientific study of behaviour and mental phenomena in animals.
   1. 1847

      > The study of animal psychology (zoo-psychology [German Zoo-psychologie], comparative psychology).

      H. E. Lloyd & B. G. Babington, translation of E. von Feuchtersleben, Principles of Medical Psychology 19
   2. 1931

      > Koshkarov submits in this volume a serious and thoroughgoing study of scientific experiments and investigations to date in the field of zoopsychology.

      Books Abroad vol. 5 180/1
   3. 1992

      > From..1976-1986 [he was] head of the Department of Zoopsychology and Animal Ethology.

      Folia Biologica vol. 40 1
   4. 2000

      > Ladygina's work demonstrated differences and similarities in the psychology of humans and animals and added to knowledge of zoopsychology.

      Biogr. Dictionary Women in Science vol. II. 733/1
   psychology historical
   1. zoopsychology 1847–
      The psychology of animals; the scientific study of behaviour and mental phenomena in animals.
   View in Historical Thesaurus

## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˌzuːə(ʊ)sʌɪˈkɒlədʒi/
zoo-oh-sigh-KOL-uh-jee
/ˌzəʊə(ʊ)sʌɪˈkɒlədʒi/
zoh-oh-sigh-KOL-uh-jee

### U.S. English

/ˌzoʊəsaɪˈkɑlədʒi/
zoh-uh-sigh-KAH-luh-jee
/ˌzuəsaɪˈkɑlədʒi/
zoo-uh-sigh-KAH-luh-jee

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

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Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.

##### Consonants

b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values

- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige

##### Vowels

- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot

## Frequency

zoopsychology typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

zoopsychology is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of zoopsychology, n., 1890–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Decade | Frequency per million words
--- | ---
1890 | 0.0017
1900 | 0.0015
1910 | 0.0015
1920 | 0.0014
1930 | 0.0009
1940 | 0.0011
1950 | 0.0013
1960 | 0.001
1970 | 0.001
1980 | 0.0008
1990 | 0.0008
2000 | 0.0008
2010 | 0.0007

Originally published as part of the entry for zoo-, comb. form

zoo-, comb. form was revised in June 2017.