Psychological
[saɪkə'lɒdʒɪk(ə)l] or [,saɪkə'lɑdʒɪkl]
Definition
(adj.) mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature; 'give psychological support'; 'psychological warfare' .
(adj.) of or relating to or determined by psychology; 'psychological theories' .
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to psychology. See Note under Psychic.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Metaphysical.
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Examples
- His own aversion to reform, his fondness for vast epochs and his contempt for current effort have left most of his psychological laws in the region of interesting literary comment. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The Logical and the Psychological. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- This social fact is then taken for a psychological force, which produced the likeness. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The psychological descent into classicalism is always a strong possibility. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Vast changes, economic and psychological, take place, and these changes demand new guidance. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- This fact affected the psychological doctrine of the relation of intelligence and desire, theory and practice. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Economics, as we know it to-day, is quite incapable of answering such a problem, for it is a matter that depends upon psychological investigation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- There can be no doubt of the psychological soundness of this principle. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Crime is receiving valuable attention, education is profoundly affected, alcoholism and sex have been handled for a good while on a psychological basis. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- When the psychological moment arrived, I hadn't the nerve to name such a large sum, so I said: 'Well, General, suppose you make me an offer. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is important not to confuse the psychological distinction between play and work with the economic distinction. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Such was Caleb's psychological argument. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In one sense, it is a matter of indifference by what psychological means the subject matter for reflection is provided. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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