psychological
pronunciation
How to pronounce psychological in British English:
UK [ˌsaɪkəˈlɒdʒɪkl]
How to pronounce psychological in American English:
US [ˌsaɪkəˈlɑːdʒɪkl]
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- Adjective:
- mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature
- of or relating to or determined by psychology
Word Origin
- psychological (adj.)
- 1680s; see psychology + -ical. Related: Psychologically. Psychological warfare recorded from 1940. Psychological moment was in vogue from 1871, from French moment psychologique "moment of immediate expectation of something about to happen." The original German phrase, misinterpreted by the French & imported together with its false sense into English, meant the psychic factor, the mental effect, the influence exerted by a state of mind, & not a point of time at all, das Moment in German corresponding to our momentum, not our moment. [Fowler]
Example
- 1. Mckinsey 's psychological hold on its clients actually beggars belief .
- 2. Apparently , physical and psychological memories strongly influence our emotions !
- 3. Under these circumstances examination is directed to the field of experience , to a psychological phenomenon .
- 4. Economically , mumbai may be moving on from the attacks , but the psychological scars remain .
- 5. But the effect for non-hispanic white girls appears large . Shouldn 't that be evidence enough for psychological damage ?