psychological

English

Etymology

From psychology +‎ -ical.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌsaɪkəˈlɒdʒɪkl/
• (US) IPA: /ˌsaɪkəˈlɑːdʒɪkl/

Adjective

psychological (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to psychology.

   I'm concerned about their psychological well-being.

   The film was a dark psychological thriller.

2. Without an objective, or reasonably logical foundation.

   Prices seem to have stopped rising, having hit the psychological ceiling of just under 100 dollars.

Derived terms

• psychological warfare
• psychologically
• psychomological

Translations

of or pertaining to psychology

• Armenian: հոգեբանական (hy) (hogebanakan)
• Asturian: sicolóxicu (ast)
• Catalan: psicològic (ca)
• Czech: psychologický (cs) m
• Estonian: psühholoogiline (et)
• Finnish: psykologinen (fi)
• Galician: psicolóxico (gl)
• German: psychologisch (de)
• Greek: ψυχολογικός (el) (psykhologikós) m

• Hindi: मनोवैज्ञानिक (hi) (manovaigyānik)
• Italian: psicologico (it)
• Macedonian: психолошки (mk) (psiholóški) m
• Polish: psychologiczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: psicológico (pt)
• Romanian: psihologic (ro) m and n
• Russian: психологический (ru) (psixologíčeskij)
• Spanish: psicológico (es)
• Turkish: ruh bilimsel (tr)