psychological

psy·cho·log·i·cal

adjective \ˌsī-kə-ˈlä-ji-kəl\

Definition of PSYCHOLOGICAL

1

a : of or relating to psychology

b : mental

2

: directed toward the will or toward the mind specifically in its conative function <psychological warfare>

— psy·cho·log·i·cal·ly \-ji-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Variants of PSYCHOLOGICAL

psy·cho·log·i·cal also psy·cho·log·ic \-jik\

Examples of PSYCHOLOGICAL

1. a psychological rather than a physical condition
2. <suffered from psychological disorders all of his life>

First Known Use of PSYCHOLOGICAL

circa 1688

Related to PSYCHOLOGICAL

Synonyms

cerebral, inner, intellectual, interior, internal, mental (also psychologic)

Antonyms

nonmental

Related Words

cognitive, conscious, epistemic, knowing; noetic; psychic (also psychical), telepathic; alert, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, intelligent, quick-witted, rational, reasoning, sharp, sharp-witted, smart, thinking

Near Antonyms

bodily, carnal, corporal, corporeal, fleshly, physical, somatic; unconscious; brainless, dense, doltish, dopey (also dopy), fatuous, half-witted, mindless, obtuse, simple, slow-witted, stupid, thick, thickheaded, unintelligent, weak-minded, witless

Other Psychology Terms

fetish, hypochondria, intelligence, mania, narcissism, neurosis, pathological, psychosis, schadenfreude, subliminal

Rhymes with PSYCHOLOGICAL

astrological, biological, Christological, chronological, cosmological, cryptological, ecological, ethnological, extralogical, gemological, graphological, horological, morphological, mycological, mythological, neurological, oncological, pathological, pedagogical, philological, phrenological, scatological, seismological, tautological, technological, theological, topological, typological, zoological

psy·cho·log·i·cal

adjective \ˌsī-kə-ˈläj-i-kəl\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of PSYCHOLOGICAL

1

a : relating to, characteristic of, directed toward, influencing, arising in, or acting through the mind especially in its affective or cognitive functions <psychological phenomena> <the psychological aspects of a problem> b : directed toward the will or toward the mind specifically in its conative function <psychological warfare>

2

: relating to, concerned with, deriving from, or used in psychology <psychological research> <psychological tests> <a psychological clinic>

—psy·cho·log·i·cal·ly \-ē\ adverb

Variants of PSYCHOLOGICAL

psy·cho·log·i·cal also psy·cho·log·ic \-ik\