Antonyms for psychological


Grammar : Adj
Spell : sahy-kuh-loj-i-kuh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˌsaɪ kəˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl


Definition of psychological

Origin :
  • 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]
  • adj concerning the mind
Example sentences :
  • This is the psychological moment to set your friends to work.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • In the cant of modern metaphysics, the moment was psychological.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Then he put me through a series of psychological test queries.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • It is in this psychological domain more than in any other, that she will always triumph.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • He saw his way to a lovely little bit of psychological realism.
  • Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
  • "Only not a physiological, but possibly a psychological one," remarked Arnfinn.
  • Extract from : « Tales From Two Hemispheres » by Hjalmar Hjorth Boysen
  • At this, the psychological moment, the order to open fire was given.
  • Extract from : « Submarine Warfare of To-day » by Charles W. Domville-Fife
  • How it can have satisfied an Italian statesman is a psychological riddle.
  • Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon
  • Our inheritance from the pioneer is not only material but psychological.
  • Extract from : « Higher Education and Business Standards » by Willard Eugene Hotchkiss
  • That was impossible for psychological reasons, which I need not state here.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Sharer » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for psychological

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