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psychological (iou) and cattish (iou)


psychological (iou)



psychological adjective & noun. L17.
[formed as PSYCHOLOGY + -ICAL.]
A. adjective.
Of, pertaining to, or of the Nature of psychology; dealing with or relating to psychology. L17.
Of or pertaining to the functioning of the mind, mental; affecting or pertaining to the mental and emotional state of a person; colloq. (of an ailment) having a mental not a physical cause. L18.
= MENTAL adjective1 5b. colloq. M20.
Special collocations: psychological ATOMISM. psychological block: see BLOCK noun 10c. psychological hedonism the theory that people in fact desire only pleasure or satisfaction, or Other things solely for the sake of these. psychological moment [French moment psychologique, mistranslation of German das psychologische Moment psychological momentum] (a) the moment at which something will or would have the greatest psychological effect; the psychologically appropriate moment; loosely the critical moment; (b) the short period of time within which successive stimuli are integrated and perceived as a whole. psychological novel: in which the mental or emotional states of characters are the main interest. psychological operations Military (a) actions and operations designed primarily to influence favourably the morale or attitudes of one's own forces, or of allied and neutral forces, States, etc.; (b) psychological warfare. psychological warfare Military actions and operations designed primarily to confuse, intimidate, demoralize, or discredit an enemy.
b. noun. A psychologist. rare. M19.
psychologically adverb in a psychological manner; in relation to psychology; mentally, emotionally: M19.

cattish (iou)



cattish adjective. L16.
[from CAT noun1 + -ISH1.]
Of or like a cat. L16.
spec. Sly and spiteful; catty. L19.
cattishly adverb E20.
cattishness noun L19.