- of psychology
- of the mind; mental
- affecting or intended to affect the mind
Also psy·cho·log′ic
adjective
- An example of something psychological is an IQ test.
- An example of something psychological is bipolar disorder.
The definition of psychological is something that relates to the mind or mental actions.
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psychological
also psy·cho·log·ic
adjective
- Of or relating to psychology: psychological research.
- Of, relating to, or arising from the mind or emotions.
- Influencing or intended to influence the mind or emotions: psychological warfare.
- Of or being any of certain primary colors whose mixture may be subjectively conceived as producing other colors.
Related Forms:
- psy′cho·log′i·cal·ly
adverb
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Adjective
(not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to psychology.
- I'm concerned about their psychological well-being.
- The film was a dark psychological thriller.
- Without an objective, or reasonably logical foundation.
- Prices seem to have stopped rising, having hit the psychological ceiling of just under 100 dollars.
Origin
From psychology +"Ž -ical.
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psychological - Medical Definition
also psychologic (-lŏj′ĭk)
adj.
- Relating to psychology: psychological research.
- Relating to or arising from the mind or emotions.
- Influencing or intended to influence the mind or emotions: psychological warfare.
- Relating to or being any of certain primary colors whose mixture may be subjectively conceived as producing other colors.
Related Forms:
- psy′cho·log′i·cal·ly
adv.
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Sentence Examples
- The third and fourth books give evidence of acuteness in psychological analysis; the fourth and sixth of the most active and varied observation of natural phenomena; the fifth of original insight and strong common sense in conceiving the origin of society and the progressive advance of man to civilization.
- This has been criticized both from the biological and from the psychological standpoint.
- 27, has become a psychological symbol.
- From the biological point of view the reference of certain modes of behaviour, termed instinctive, to faculties of mind for which "instinct" is the generic term is scarcely satisfactory; from the psychological point of view the phrase "without necessary knowledge of the relation between the means employed and the end attained" is ambiguous.
- He then gave himself up to philosophical work, especially in connexion with the phenomena of hypnotism and occultism from the modern psychological standpoint.
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WORDS NEAR psychological IN THE DICTIONARY
- psychological
- psycholinguistics
- psycholinguists
- psychologese