Antonyms for psychological

Grammar : Adj

Spell : sahy-kuh-loj-i-kuh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˌsaɪ kəˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl

Definition of psychological

Origin : 1680s; see psychology + -ical. Related: Psychologically. Psychological warfare recorded from 1940. Psychological moment was in vogue from 1871, from French moment psychologique "moment of immediate expectation of something about to happen."
The original German phrase, misinterpreted by the French & imported together with its false sense into English, meant the psychic factor, the mental effect, the influence exerted by a state of mind, & not a point of time at all, das Moment in German corresponding to our momentum, not our moment. [Fowler]

adj concerning the mind

Example sentences :

This is the psychological moment to set your friends to work.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

In the cant of modern metaphysics, the moment was psychological.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

Then he put me through a series of psychological test queries.
Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings

It is in this psychological domain more than in any other, that she will always triumph.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

He saw his way to a lovely little bit of psychological realism.
Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair

"Only not a physiological, but possibly a psychological one," remarked Arnfinn.
Extract from : « Tales From Two Hemispheres » by Hjalmar Hjorth Boysen

At this, the psychological moment, the order to open fire was given.
Extract from : « Submarine Warfare of To-day » by Charles W. Domville-Fife

How it can have satisfied an Italian statesman is a psychological riddle.
Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon

Our inheritance from the pioneer is not only material but psychological.
Extract from : « Higher Education and Business Standards » by Willard Eugene Hotchkiss

That was impossible for psychological reasons, which I need not state here.
Extract from : « The Secret Sharer » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for psychological

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