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psychological

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psy·cho·log·i·cal  (sk-lj-kl) also psy·cho·log·ic (-ljk)
adj.
1. Of or relating to psychology: psychological research.
2. Of, relating to, or arising from the mind or emotions.
3. Influencing or intended to influence the mind or emotions: psychological warfare.
4. Of or being any of certain primary colors whose mixture may be subjectively conceived as producing other colors.

psycho·logi·cal·ly adv.

psychological [ˌsaɪkəˈlɒdʒɪkəl]
adj
1. (Psychology) of or relating to psychology
2. (Psychology) of or relating to the mind or mental activity
3. (Psychology) having no real or objective basis; arising in the mind his backaches are all psychological
4. (Psychology) affecting the mind
psychologically  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.psychological - mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature; "give psychological support"; "psychological warfare"
mental - involving the mind or an intellectual process; "mental images of happy times"; "mental calculations"; "in a terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from mental defects"
2.psychological - of or relating to or determined by psychology; "psychological theories"

psychological
adjective
1. mental, emotional, intellectual, inner, cognitive, cerebral the treatment of psychological disorders
2. imaginary, psychosomatic, unconscious, subconscious, subjective, irrational, unreal, all in the mind My GP dismissed my back pains as purely psychological.
Translations
psychological [ˌsaɪkəˈlɒdʒɪkəl]
A. ADJpsicológico
it's only psychologicalson cosas de la imaginación
B. CPD psychological block Nbloqueo m psicológico
psychological make-up Nperfil m psicológico
psychological moment Nmomento m psicológico
psychological profile Nperfil m psicológico
psychological profiling Ntrazado m del perfil psicológico
psychological warfare Nguerra f psicológica

psychological [ˌsaɪkəˈlɒdʒɪkəl] adj
[problem, damage, effect] → psychologique; [test, testing] → psychologique psychological warfare
[thriller] → psychologique

psychological
adj (= mental)psychisch; (= concerning psychology)psychologisch; the psychological momentder psychologisch günstige Augenblick; psychological terrorPsychoterror m; he’s not really ill, it’s all psychologicaler ist nicht wirklich krank, das ist alles psychisch bedingt

psychological:
psychological make-up
nPsyche f
psychological profile
psychological profiling
psychological thriller
n (Film, Liter) → psychologischer Thriller, Psychothriller m
psychological warfare

psychological [ˌsaɪkəˈlɒdʒɪkl] adjpsicologico/a
psychological [ˌsaɪkəˈlɒdʒɪkl] adjpsicologico/a

psychological سيكولوجي psychologický psykologisk psychologisch ψυχολογικός psicológico psykologinen psychologique psihološki psicologico 心理的な 심리학적인 psychologisch psykologisk psychologiczny psicológico психологический psykologisk เกี่ยวกับจิต psikolojik thuộc về tâm lý 心理上的


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The better we are acquainted with the physiological, psychological, and historical laws deduced by observation and by which man is controlled, and the more correctly we perceive the physiological, psychological, and historical causes of the action, and the simpler the action we are observing and the less complex the character and mind of the man in question, the more subject to inevitability and the less free do our actions and those of others appear.
The point in discussion was the question then in vogue: Is there a line to be drawn between psychological and physiological phenomena in man?
I say written FOR children because the new psychological business of writing ABOUT them as though they were small pills or hatched in some especially scientific method is extremely popular today.
 
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