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Recent Examples of psychological Winnicott argued that these cultural and psychological demands could actually harm children, making the pursuit of the ideal mother antithetical to raising healthy, resilient kids. Danielle Marie Holland, Parents, 27 Jan. 2026 The picture is Triet’s first feature since her 2023 Cannes Palme d’Or-winning psychological thriller Anatomy of a Fall, which went on to enjoy a major awards-season run, garnering its star Sandra Hüller a Best Actress Academy Award nomination and clinching an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Justin Kroll, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2026 Very few could escape the psychological distress apartheid generated. Eve Fairbanks, The Dial, 27 Jan. 2026 The psychological horror aims to blend emotional family drama with genre elements. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for psychological
Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychological
Adjective
  • Does the client have a specific mental disorder?
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The feeling was unfamiliar, since my usual mental coordinates place me somewhere in the proximate future, a locus of anticipation and, all too often, unfocused worry.
    Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Its eighth and latest buyout fund closed in 2021 and is logging a 12% internal rate of return (IRR), compared to about 15% for the S&P’s annual returns.
    Hank Tucker, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • One operation persisted fourteen hours, a sort of sci-fi marvel of science, internal engineering, and medical dedication, contra all the coeval dystopian breakdowns of that first COVID year.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Packed within that initial exchange is believably casual dialogue that conveys not only their inner concerns but also their relationship to their environment.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Last November, the rapper/singer released her sophomore album, Do Not Disturb, a 16-track introspective journey that invites listeners to disconnect from the noise and reconnect with their inner peace — but also to dance.
    Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Using existing seismometers on the moon, scientists could shed new light on the moon’s interior and better understand its composition.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The Biden administration left the country in an immigration crisis, Grove said, and ICE agents have had to come into interior communities and arrest people as a result.
    David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 28 Jan. 2026

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“Psychological.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychological. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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