psychosexual

[ sahy-koh-sek-shoo-uhlor, especially British, -seks-yoo- ]

adjective

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

psychosexual

/ ˌsaɪkəʊˈsɛksjʊəl /

adjective

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

Derived Forms

• ˌpsychoˈsexually, adverb
• ˌpsychoˌsexuˈality, noun

Other Words From

• psycho·sexu·ali·ty noun
• psycho·sexu·al·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of psychosexual¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; psycho- + sexual

Example Sentences

Alfred Hitchcock is not so much evoked as dragged into the room and pointed at vigorously, as if this film can convince you it’s a taut psychosexual thriller just by referencing some really good ones.

From Vox

He has a psychosexual hold over her that is intentionally fraught with peril for the audience.

From The Daily Beast

There is more than a little Buffy/Faith resonance to the twisted, almost psychosexual relationship between Emily and Amanda.

From The Daily Beast

Who better to capture the psychosexual nature of Twilight than the current Marquis De Denmark?

From The Daily Beast

Sanford Bell has published cases in which as early as the age of two years psychosexual phenomena have been observed.

From Project Gutenberg

The commonest early manifestations of the sexual life in childhood are, as was said before, the psychosexual phenomena.

From Project Gutenberg

Similarly the psychosexual passes through a metamorphosis in normal development.

From Project Gutenberg

He holds that such cases show a "fixation" in an earlier stage of psychosexual development.

From Project Gutenberg

At this time of life, the psychosexual in especial often plays a great part.

From Project Gutenberg