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also psychologic
as in mental
of or relating to the mind
suffered from psychological disorders all of his life
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Recent Examples of psychological
The author’s own disinclination toward literary experiment likely stemmed from a belief that the social demanded more moral attention than the psychological.
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Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
The situation left her suffering from severe trauma, fear, anxiety, and psychological injuries and damages.
—Zuri Primos, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2025
Activists in North and South Korea extensively used these methods to disseminate psychological messages across the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two neighbors, which are technically still at war given a peace treaty hasn't been signed since the end of major hostilities in 1953.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
The psychological crisis Springsteen went through circa 1983 — which will figure heavily in the upcoming biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere — is at the heart of the songs included in L.A. Garage Sessions ’83.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2025
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Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
The situation left her suffering from severe trauma, fear, anxiety, and psychological injuries and damages.
—Zuri Primos, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2025
Activists in North and South Korea extensively used these methods to disseminate psychological messages across the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two neighbors, which are technically still at war given a peace treaty hasn't been signed since the end of major hostilities in 1953.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
The psychological crisis Springsteen went through circa 1983 — which will figure heavily in the upcoming biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere — is at the heart of the songs included in L.A. Garage Sessions ’83.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychological
mental
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This definition also includes instance in which the victim is incapable of giving consent because of temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity (include due to the influence of drugs or alcohol) or because of age.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Apr. 2025
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Without supervision or regulation, kids can easily stumble upon explicit material, including violent and extremist content, that can lead to mental distress, desensitization and a warped perception of the world around them.—
Richard Wistocki,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Psychological.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychological. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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