psychological

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: psy=cho=log=i=cal

CIDE DICTIONARY

psychological, a. [Cf. F. psychologique.].

 Of or pertaining to psychology. See Note under Psychic.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

psychological, adj.
1 of, relating to, or arising in the mind.
2 of or relating to psychology.
3 colloq. (of an ailment etc.) having a basis in the mind; imaginary (her cold is psychological).

Idiom

psychological block a mental inability or inhibition caused by emotional factors. psychological moment the most appropriate time for achieving a particular effect or purpose. psychological warfare a campaign directed at reducing an opponent's morale.

Derivative

psychologically adv.

THESAURUS

psychological

cerebral, cognitive, conceptive, conceptual, endopsychic, functional, intellectual, intelligent, internal, mental, neuropsychiatric, noetic, noological, philosophical, phrenic, psychiatric, psychic, psychical, psychobiological, psychodynamic, psychogenic, psychologic, psychoneurological, psychopathic, psychopathological, psychophysical, psychophysiological, psychosexual, psychosocial, psychosomatic, psychotic, rational, reasoning, spiritual, subconscious, subjective, subliminal, thinking, unconscious

ROGET THESAURUS

psychological

Intellect

N intellect, mind, understanding, reason, thinking principle, rationality, cogitative faculties, cognitive faculties, discursive faculties, reasoning faculties, intellectual faculties, faculties, senses, consciousness, observation, percipience, intelligence, intellection, intuition, association of ideas, instinct, conception, judgment, wits, parts, capacity, intellectuality, genius, brains, cognitive powers, intellectual powers, wit, ability, wisdom, Vernunft, Verstand, soul, spirit, ghost, inner man, heart, breast, bosom, penetralia mentis, divina particula aurae, heart's core, the Absolute, psyche, subliminal consciousness, supreme principle, brain, organ of thought, seat of thought, sensorium, sensory, head, headpiece, pate, noddle, noggin, skull, scull, pericranium, cerebrum, cranium, brainpan, sconce, upper story, central processing unit, CPU, arithmetic and logical unit, ALU, metaphysics, psychics, psychology, ideology, mental philosophy, moral philosophy, philosophy of the mind, pneumatology, phrenology, craniology, cranioscopy, ideality, idealism, transcendentalism, spiritualism, immateriality, universal concept, universal conception, metaphysician, psychologist, intellectual, mental, rational, subjective, metaphysical, nooscopic, spiritual, ghostly, psychical, psychological, cerebral, animastic, brainy, hyperphysical, superphysical, subconscious, subliminal, immaterial, endowed with reason, in petto, ens rationis, frons est animi janua, locos y ninos dicen la verdad, mens sola loco non exulat, my mind is my kingdom, stern men with empires in their brains, the mind, the music breathing from her face, thou living ray of intellectual Fire.