- [usually before noun] connected with a person’s mind and the way in which it works
- the psychological development of children
- Abuse can lead to both psychological and emotional problems.
- Her symptoms are more psychological than physical (= imaginary rather than real).
- Victory in the last game gave them a psychological advantage over their opponents.
- a psychological novel (= one that examines the minds of the characters)
Extra ExamplesTopics Scientific researchb2- Everyone has their own personal and psychological needs.
- Her latest movie is a tense psychological drama.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- purely
- [only before noun] connected with the study of psychology
- psychological research
- A psychological study of refugee children came up with some worrying results.
Idioms
See psychological in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee psychological in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishthe psychological moment
- the best time to do something in order for it to be successful
- The trick is in finding the (right) psychological moment to ask him for more money.
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