psychosexual
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of psychosexual
Example Sentences
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Kate Moyle, psychosexual and relationship therapist, says it's normal for relationships to change after becoming parents.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
The imposingly lanky, gracefully handsome Elordi, born in Australia, has risen in profile over the last few years, thanks to roles in the hit series “Euphoria” and the psychosexual class-climbing thriller “Saltburn.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
Given the psychosexual complexity he cultivated, it’s little surprise that Picasso identified with the Minotaur — part bull, part man — who did battle in Greek mythology with Theseus in King Minos’s Cretan labyrinth.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2022
Cate Mackenzie, a London-based psychosexual therapist, cites American couples therapist Hedy Schleifer’s turtle-and-octopus theory, in which one is inclined to retreat, the other to reach out.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 5, 2019
An unmarried clergy, widespread but unacknowledged homosexuality, and stunted psychosexual development have all been thrown out there as root causes but the underlying enabler is clericalism.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2018
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