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psychosexual en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual English psychosexual From psycho- + sexual.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the psychological aspect or aspects of sexuality.
    • The X-Men films have made an explicit connection between the mutants’ powers and pubescent self-discovery, but perhaps it’s necessary to address the last few movies’ psychosexual subtext. 2016 May 23, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Apocalypse pits the strengths of the X-Men series against the weaknesses”, in The Onion AV Club:
    • The film's psychosexual turmoil is heightened still further by the director's linkage of these two milieus: gays cruise in cop costumes, and off-duty cops cruise in S-M drag. 1980 February 18, Frank Rich, “Cop Out in a Dark Deminmonde”, in Time:

Deriveds

psychosexual development · nonpsychosexual · psychosexually

Translations (3)

es psicosexual (of or relating to the psychological aspects of sexuality) · it psicosessuale (of or relating to the psychological aspects of sexuality) · fi psykoseksuaalinen (of or relating to the psychological aspects of sexuality)