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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the interrelation of conscious and unconscious processes and emotions that determine personality and motivation
2: the branch of social psychology that deals with the processes and emotions that determine psychology and motivation

Merriam Webster's

noun plural but singular or plural in construction Date: 1874 1. the psychology of mental or emotional forces or processes developing especially in early childhood and their effects on behavior and mental states 2. explanation or interpretation (as of behavior or mental states) in terms of mental or emotional forces or processes 3. motivational forces acting especially at the unconscious level • psychodynamic adjective • psychodynamically adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n.pl. (treated as sing.) the study of the activity of and the interrelation between the various parts of an individual's personality or psyche. Derivatives: psychodynamic adj. psychodynamically adv.