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psychosexual

American  
[sahy-koh-sek-shoo-uhl, -seks-yoo-] / ˌsaɪ koʊˈsɛk ʃu əl, -ˈsɛks ju- /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the relationship of psychological and sexual phenomena.


psychosexual British  
/ ˌsaɪkəʊˈsɛksjʊəl /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the mental aspects of sex, such as sexual fantasies

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of psychosexual

First recorded in 1895–1900; psycho- + sexual


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Young people are saying, ‘Let’s go see an A24 movie,’” said David Permut, who produced A24’s psychosexual relationship comedy “The Invite.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Even people who say they have medical qualifications are spreading misinformation online and in podcasts, according to psychosexual and relationship therapist Evie Plumb.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026

Roger Ebert called “Johnny Guitar” “one of the most blatant psychosexual melodramas ever to disguise itself in that most commodious of genres, the western.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2022

Given the psychosexual complexity he cultivated, it’s little surprise that Picasso identified with the Minotaur — part bull, part man — who did battle in Greek mythology with Theseus in King Minos’s Cretan labyrinth.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2022

Most interpretations of Strindberg’s original text are centered on the psychosexual unraveling of its title character, an imperious, death-courting figure.

From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2019

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