psychosexual
adjective
psy·cho·sex·u·al
ˌsī-kō-ˈsek-shə-wəl 
-shwəl,
-shəl
1
: of or relating to the mental, emotional, and behavioral aspects of sexual development
2
: of or relating to mental or emotional attitudes concerning sexual activity
3
: of or relating to the physiological psychology of sex
psychosexually
adverb
Examples of psychosexual in a Sentence
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The effect on cognitive and psychosexual development remains unknown.
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Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2024
Saltburn reigned supreme as the most polarizing film of the year, with some (including EW) hailing it as a perverse psychosexual thriller and others deriding its outré storytelling.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2024
And in the psychosexual folie à deux between Vernham and Zubak, there’s a canny use of infatuation as a metaphor for a cult of personality.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 3 Mar. 2024
Oscar winner Emerald Fennell's latest movie, the psychosexual dark comedic thriller Saltburn — starring Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, and more — expands nationwide this week after opening in select theaters last weekend.
—EW.com, 20 Nov. 2023
The doctor referred Rowan to a psychosexual therapist.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 14 Dec. 2023
Fatal Attraction, a reboot of the Glenn Close and Michael Douglas psychosexual thriller, starred Lizzy Caplan and Joshua Jackson and was produced in-house by Paramount Television Studios.
—Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2023
But the teen-hospice setting limits Flanagan and co-creator Leah Fong’s ability to capitalize on some of his previous shows’ greatest strengths, from rampant psychosexual intrigue to an excellent troupe of adult actors that included Carla Gugino, Kate Siegel, and Victoria Pedretti.
—TIME, 12 Oct. 2023
The Hairy Who, and Nutt’s work in particular, followed in impolite fashion, collapsing Old Master work and comic books, consumer advertisements and pin-up magazines, into luridly colored and rudely psychosexual compositions.
—Max Lakin, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2024
Saltburn reigned supreme as the most polarizing film of the year, with some (including EW) hailing it as a perverse psychosexual thriller and others deriding its outré storytelling.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2024
And in the psychosexual folie à deux between Vernham and Zubak, there’s a canny use of infatuation as a metaphor for a cult of personality.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 3 Mar. 2024
Oscar winner Emerald Fennell's latest movie, the psychosexual dark comedic thriller Saltburn — starring Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, and more — expands nationwide this week after opening in select theaters last weekend.
—EW.com, 20 Nov. 2023
The doctor referred Rowan to a psychosexual therapist.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 14 Dec. 2023
Fatal Attraction, a reboot of the Glenn Close and Michael Douglas psychosexual thriller, starred Lizzy Caplan and Joshua Jackson and was produced in-house by Paramount Television Studios.
—Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2023
But the teen-hospice setting limits Flanagan and co-creator Leah Fong’s ability to capitalize on some of his previous shows’ greatest strengths, from rampant psychosexual intrigue to an excellent troupe of adult actors that included Carla Gugino, Kate Siegel, and Victoria Pedretti.
—TIME, 12 Oct. 2023
The Hairy Who, and Nutt’s work in particular, followed in impolite fashion, collapsing Old Master work and comic books, consumer advertisements and pin-up magazines, into luridly colored and rudely psychosexual compositions.
—Max Lakin, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
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psychosexual
adjective
psy·cho·sex·u·al
ˌsī-kō-ˈseksh-(ə-)wəl, -ˈsek-shəl
1
: of or relating to the mental, emotional, and behavioral aspects of sexual development
2
: of or relating to mental or emotional attitudes concerning sexual activity
3
: of or relating to the psychophysiology of sex
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