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psychical

psychical

9.1
Relating to the mind rather than the body
  • adjective
  • /ˈsaɪkɪkəl/
translation icon : psíquico
  • And then what they're calling mental or in, in the Greek psychical pleasures, those pleasures of the soul.
  • psychical trauma
  • physical and psychical

So it's not just a psychological or psychical or mental phenomenon.

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Examples

  • If hysterical subjects trace back their symptoms to traumas that are fictitious, then the new fact that emerges is precisely that they create such scenes in fantasy, and this psychical reality needs to be taken into account alongside practical reality.

    Academic text (1990)

  • In her therapy sessions, she often discussed the psychical effects of her childhood experiences on her present behavior.

  • So it's not just a psychological or psychical or mental phenomenon.

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • What defines psychical trauma is not any general quality of the psyche, but the fact that psychical trauma comes from within.

    Academic text (1997)

  • In On the Four Wills in Christ, Hugh pursues a unified account of Christ's psychical experience of anticipated suffering and death, as described in the Gospels.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Besides charting omissions and gaps, we should also look at Moulsworth's reconstruction of her life in this autobiography as a conscious psychical act comparable to the unconscious act of dreaming.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The study explored various psychical phenomena, including thoughts that seem to influence physical actions.

  • Psychical wellness is crucial for emotional balance, as it encompasses both mental health and the mind's influence on physical conditions.

Synonyms

psychic
vspsychical
57 7.6

About the mind and a person's feelings and thoughts

is about mental processes and their effects rather than inner soul focus
psychal
vspsychical
  • Archaic
9.9

Relating to the mind or soul rather than the body

focuses on mental processes and ordinary psychological influence rather than spiritual sense

Compounds

psychical communication
9.9

A way of sending or receiving thoughts without using the usual senses

How Mental

psychical
9.1
mental
388 3.0

Surface Forms

psychical positive

Morphology

psychical = psychic (transparent) = psych + ical

The suffix '-al' is a standard adjective-forming suffix, making the word clearly related to 'psychic'.

Etymology

Psychical comes from the Greek root psyche, which means 'soul' or 'mind' and is the same root in psychology. So psychical describes things that belong to the mind rather than the physical body.