psychological
- of or relating to psychology.
- pertaining to the mind or to mental phenomena as the subject matter of psychology.
- of, pertaining to, dealing with, or affecting the mind, especially as a function of awareness, feeling, or motivation: psychological play; psychological effect.
Origin of psychological
Related Words for psychologically
intellectually, psychologically, philosophically, politically, culturally, inwardly, subjectively, theoretically, introspectively, pensively, psychically, anthropologically, ethically, eugenically, humanlyExamples from the Web for psychologically
Contemporary Examples of psychologically
The deeper you get, the more hardcore the acts, both physically and psychologically.
The fall of Aleppo will be hugely tragic—“psychologically and optically devastating,” says Itani.
Between 1995 and 2007, my husband abused me physically, sexually, and psychologically.
And calls to violence like this often appeal as much to the psychologically damaged as they do to committed ideologues.
A disease that once seemed distant has become, at least psychologically, more present to the American people.
Historical Examples of psychologically
It is, nevertheless, psychologically real, and capable of definition.
An Ethnologist's View of HistoryDaniel G. Brinton
That period, really and psychologically, marks a "new birth."
The Task of Social HygieneHavelock Ellis
Psychologically it was now too late for the others to resort to arms.
Oh, You Tex!William Macleod Raine
But between the two, Cummings was the coward, psychologically at least.
Spring StreetJames H. Richardson
Psychologically, the test resembles that of comparing weights in V, 1.
The Measurement of IntelligenceLewis Madison Terman
psychological
- of or relating to psychology
- of or relating to the mind or mental activity
- having no real or objective basis; arising in the mindhis backaches are all psychological
- affecting the mind
Word Origin and History for psychologically
psychological
1680s; see psychology + -ical. Related: Psychologically. Psychological warfare recorded from 1940. Psychological moment was in vogue from 1871, from French moment psychologique "moment of immediate expectation of something about to happen."
The original German phrase, misinterpreted by the French & imported together with its false sense into English, meant the psychic factor, the mental effect, the influence exerted by a state of mind, & not a point of time at all, das Moment in German corresponding to our momentum, not our moment. [Fowler]
psychological
(sī′kə-lŏj′ĭ-kəl)- Of or relating to psychology.
- Of, relating to, or arising from the mind or emotions.
- Influencing or intended to influence the mind or emotions.