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psychological block

British  

noun

  1. See block

"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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The rabbit is comfort, desire and death, as well as a psychological block that undermines adult relationships.

From New York Times Mar. 7, 2024

For a while I had a psychological block; I went to go live in Japan and I didn’t feel at home there either.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2022

She has been accused of holding up efforts to complete it, whether because of excessive demands or on account of a psychological block against seeing it finished.

From The New Yorker Sep. 26, 2018

"First you have a psychological block because the only thing you associate with that part of you is pain," says Hibo.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2016

The Traiti were losing badly, but if I'm reading the intercepts right, they have a psychological block against surrender.

From The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel by Wilson, Ann

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