psychologicaladjective
uk/ˌsaɪ.kəlˈɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌsaɪ.kəˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/B2 relating to the human mind and feelings:
psychological problems
He claims that the constant aircraft noise has a bad psychological effect on the residents.
We are concerned with the physical and psychological well-being of our employees.
(of an illness or other physical problem) caused by worry or sadness:
I suspect his headaches are purely psychological.
[ before noun ] A psychological film or book is one in which there is a lot of attention given to the way people influence each other's behaviour:
a psychological thriller
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- His early years in the refugee camp left a deep psychological scar.
- She claimed that the way she had been treated at work had caused her extreme emotional and psychological distress.
- They complained about the physical and psychological maltreatment of prisoners.
- I'm sure that she's not really ill, it's just psychological.
- the psychological damage suffered by orphaned children
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Science of psychology & psychoanalysis
- cognitive
- commit
- committal
- Freudian
- gestalt
- id
- inkblot test
- Jungian
- Oedipal
- psych
- psycho
- psychoanalyse
- repression
- shock therapy
- shrink
- subliminal
- superego
- trance
- transference
- word association
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Types of film, play, book etc.
psychologically
adverb uk/ˌsaɪ.kəlˈɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl.i/us/ˌsaɪ.kəˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl.i/
B2
psychologically disturbed