psychosexual

[ sahy-koh-sek-shoo-uh l or, esp. British, -seks-yoo- ]

/ ˌsaɪ koʊˈsɛk ʃu əl or, esp. British, -ˈsɛks yu- /

adjective

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

Words nearby psychosexual

psychophysiological, psychophysiology, psychopomp, psychoprophylaxis, psychosensory, psychosexual, psychosexual development, psychosexual dysfunction, psychosis, psychosocial, psychosociology

Origin of psychosexual

First recorded in 1895–1900; psycho- + sexual

OTHER WORDS FROM psychosexual

psy·cho·sex·u·al·i·ty, nounpsy·cho·sex·u·al·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for psychosexual

He has a psychosexual hold over her that is intentionally fraught with peril for the audience.
‘The Good Wife’: Has Season 4’s Kalinda Storyline Gone too Far?|Jace Lacob, Maria Elena Fernandez|October 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Who better to capture the psychosexual nature of Twilight than the current Marquis De Denmark?
The Future of Twilight|Natasha Vargas-Cooper|July 1, 2010|DAILY BEAST
He holds that such cases show a "fixation" in an earlier stage of psychosexual development.
The Behavior of Crowds|Everett Dean Martin
The commonest early manifestations of the sexual life in childhood are, as was said before, the psychosexual phenomena.
The Sexual Life of the Child|Albert Moll

At this time of life, the psychosexual in especial often plays a great part.
The Sexual Life of the Child|Albert Moll
Sanford Bell has published cases in which as early as the age of two years psychosexual phenomena have been observed.
The Sexual Life of the Child|Albert Moll
Similarly the psychosexual passes through a metamorphosis in normal development.
The Behavior of Crowds|Everett Dean Martin

British Dictionary definitions for psychosexual

psychosexual

/ (ˌsaɪkəʊˈsɛksjʊəl) /

adjective

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

Derived forms of psychosexual

psychosexuality, nounpsychosexually, adverb

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Medical definitions for psychosexual

psychosexual

[ sī′kō-sĕk′shōō-əl ]

adj.

Of or relating to the mental and emotional aspects of sexuality.