psychological moment

noun

1. the proper or critical time for achieving a desired result.

   She found the right psychological moment to make her request.

psychological moment

noun

1. the most appropriate time for producing a desired effect

   he proposed to her at the psychological moment

Word History and Origins

Origin of psychological moment¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

Mending his forlorn heart has built a resilience which helped McIlroy to execute special shots shortly after tough psychological moments on his path to Masters glory.

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But it is the film's psychological moments that engage the emotions.

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“Putin has a thing about going down in history. This was his story, and Ivanov entered his territory…. It was an important psychological moment.”

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The Times was suitably impressed by his "knowledge of human nature, and an extremely shrewd application of business principles in securing the advantage at the psychological moment".

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In his rehearsal, he urges his dancers to get uncomfortably close to one another, to find “those weird psychological moments.”

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