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German
Etymology
Seele + -n- + Kunde
Pronunciation
Noun
Seelenkunde f (genitive Seelenkunde, no plural)
- (dated) Synonym of Psychologie
1917, Ricarda Huch, Der Fall Deruga [The Deruga Case], page 111:»Ohne Seelenkunde kann allerdings heutzutage kein Kriminalist auskommen, aber ich sage mit Absicht ‘Seelenkunde’, um auszudrücken, daß es sich nach meiner Meinung um keine eigentliche Wissenschaft handelt, sondern um ein angeborenes Gefühl, man könnte es Genialität nennen. […] «- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Seelenkunde
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