psychological
- 1Having to do with the mind and how people think, feel, and act.
The team worked on the psychological side of recovery, not just the physical injuries.
Stress can have a real psychological effect on young children.
Oppositephysical, physiological
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- 2Having to do with psychology, the study of the mind.
She read a psychological study about how memory works.
The class covered several psychological theories from the last century.
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- 3Coming from the mind alone, with no real physical cause.
Like being scared of a rope you think is a snake: the fear is real, but the danger isn't.
The doctor said his pain was psychological, not from any real injury.
Her fear of the dark is psychological and has no real danger behind it.
Similarmental, imaginary, psychosomatic
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Origin
It comes from the word "psychology" plus the ending "-ical."