of or relating to psychology of or relating to the mind or mental activity having no real or objective basis; arising in the mind: his backaches are all psychological affecting the mind
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psy•cho•log•i•cal /ˌsaɪkəˈlɑdʒɪkəl/USA pronunciation
adj. of or relating to the mental states or thought processes of a person:His problems are purely psychological.
psy•cho•log•i•cal•ly, adv. See -log-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- [before a noun] of or relating to psychology:a psychological screening test.
psy•cho•log•i•cal
(sī′kə loj′i kəl),USA pronunciation adj.
psy′cho•log′i•cal•ly, adv.
- Psychologyof or pertaining to psychology.
- Psychologypertaining to the mind or to mental phenomena as the subject matter of psychology.
- Psychology, of, pertaining to, dealing with, or affecting the mind, esp. as a function of awareness, feeling, or motivation:psychological play; psychological effect.
- psycholog(y) + -ical 1785–95
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'psychological' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Constant
- E-FIT
- Expressionism
- Gestalt psychology
- Hartley
- Luria
- Mauriac
- Rendell
- Richardson
- Schnitzler
- action painting
- adjustment disorder
- agitation
- anesthesia
- anniversary reaction
- apa
- associationism
- atomism
- aviation medicine
- background
- battle fatigue
- behaviour therapy
- biopsychic
- brainwashing
- buildup
- cannabis
- casework
- castrate
- child psychology
- closure
- collective unconscious
- compensation neurosis
- competence
- constitution
- conversion disorder
- conversion therapy
- coping mechanism
- crack
- crutch
- cult
- decompensation
- denial
- detoxification
- developmental disorder
- disturbance
- drunkard
- educational psychology
- emotional deprivation
- existential psychology
- factitious disorder