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psychological

psychological

543 4.5
Relates to how a person thinks and feels
  • adjective
  • /ˌsaɪkəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/
translation icon : psicológico
  • I think her problem is psychological.
  • psychological distress
  • psychological well-being
  • physical and psychological

That just sent me into a psychological downturn.

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Examples

  • Understanding psychological factors can help us improve mental health treatments for many disorders.

  • The therapy focused on the psychological challenges faced by the patients after their traumatic experiences.

  • Some boys have serious psychological problems, not the majority.

  • Tonight I think we could do this without serious physical or psychological damage.

  • We now, as social and psychological creatures, value this thing more.

  • This comes from the psychological principle of addiction.

  • The team meets monthly to ensure the psychological needs of the child are understood and acted upon.

    Academic text (2011)
  • In addition to school behavior and performance, decreased psychological distress in school children has important health implications.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I didn't know that there were long term psychological consequences to trauma.

  • Social support had a positive effect on the psychological and physical health of Korean immigrant elders.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

mental
vspsychological
388 3.0

Relating to the mind and how a person thinks

is broader, covering emotions and the science of the mind

Compounds

psychological warfare
  • Specialized
8 7.0

To use false information, threats, and messages to make an enemy feel afraid and weak in war and politics

A strong change in someone's mind and feelings after an event

3 4.6

A condition that changes a person's thoughts, feelings, or behavior and causes problems in life

2 8.4

A military action that tries to change what people think or feel

A problem with a person's mental health that changes how they think, feel or behave

A person's thoughts and feelings at a certain time

The best time to do something to get the result you want

psychological science
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A field that studies how people think, feel, and act

4.4

A part of health care that finds and treats mental health problems

How Hitchcockian

suspenseful
17 4.8
Hitchcockian
1 8.6
to tense
9 4.0
psychological
543 4.5
conventional
175 2.8

Surface Forms

psychological positive

Morphology

psychological = psychology (transparent) = psychology + ical

The adjective is a regular adjectival formation from the noun 'psychology' with a directly related meaning.

Etymology

The word psychological comes from the Greek psyche, meaning 'mind' or 'soul', and the part -logical, which is like logic and means 'study' or 'reason'. So psychological means 'about the mind', feelings, or how people think.