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psychological
What does psychological mean?
psychological (adjective): mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use psychological in a sentence?
- There’s no psychological harm. (Tatoeba sentence #12894930 by rdgscratch, CC BY 2.0 FR)
Where does psychological come from?
From psychology + -ical.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “psychological” mean?
consisting of a large number of individuals or parts
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having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
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engaged with or preoccupied by an activity or person
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mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature
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