Psychological Definition & Meaning

Home » How Do You Spell Psychologically » Psychological Definition & Meaning

Maybe your like

  • American
  • British
  • Other Word Forms
  • Etymology
  • Compare Meaning
  • Examples
  • Related Words
    • Synonyms psychological American [sahy-kuh-loj-i-kuhl] / ˌsaɪ kəˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl / Sometimes psychologic

    adjective

    1. of or relating to psychology.

    2. pertaining to the mind or to mental phenomena as the subject matter of psychology.

    3. of, pertaining to, dealing with, or affecting the mind, especially as a function of awareness, feeling, or motivation.

      psychological play;

      psychological effect.

    psychological British / ˌsaɪkəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /

    adjective

    1. of or relating to psychology

    2. of or relating to the mind or mental activity

    3. having no real or objective basis; arising in the mind

      his backaches are all psychological

    4. affecting the mind

    "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

    Other Word Forms

    • nonpsychologic adjective
    • nonpsychological adjective
    • prepsychological adjective
    • pseudopsychological adjective
    • psychologically adverb
    • semipsychologic adjective
    • semipsychological adjective
    • unpsychological adjective

    Etymology

    Origin of psychological

    First recorded in 1785–95; psycholog(y) + -ical

    Compare meaning

    How does psychological compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

    • physiological vs. psychological

    Example Sentences

    Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

    Scientists from the University of Bath, King's College London, and Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands collaborated on the first large-scale effort to measure psychological strengths associated with ADHD.

    From Science Daily

    But in 2025, the nation really saw how much that behavior is old-fashioned psychological projection.

    From Salon

    The psychological complexity she achieved paved the way for such future writers as Virginia Woolf, George Eliot and James Joyce.

    From Los Angeles Times

    Among the 80% of children found to be vulnerable to more than one psychological disorder, family circumstances were critical.

    From BBC

    "So there's definitely some benefit to using the sauna but the question is whether that's a long-term health benefit or more of a psychological one."

    From BBC

    Related Words

    • cognitive
    • emotional
    • intellectual
    • mental
    • subjective

    Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

    Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

    Tag » How Do You Spell Psychologically