psychosexual

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

adjective

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

Origin of psychosexual

First recorded in 1895–1900; psycho- + sexual

Other words from psychosexual

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

Words Nearby psychosexual

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How to use psychosexual in a sentence

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.
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He has a psychosexual hold over her that is intentionally fraught with peril for the audience.
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There is more than a little Buffy/Faith resonance to the twisted, almost psychosexual relationship between Emily and Amanda.
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Who better to capture the psychosexual nature of Twilight than the current Marquis De Denmark?
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Sanford Bell has published cases in which as early as the age of two years psychosexual phenomena have been observed.
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The commonest early manifestations of the sexual life in childhood are, as was said before, the psychosexual phenomena.
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Similarly the psychosexual passes through a metamorphosis in normal development.
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He holds that such cases show a "fixation" in an earlier stage of psychosexual development.
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At this time of life, the psychosexual in especial often plays a great part.
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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, noun
psychosexually, adverb

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