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psychoˈsexual, a.
Also with hyphen.
[f. psycho- + sexual a.]
Involving the mental and emotional aspects of the sexual impulse.
1897H. Ellis Stud. Psychol. Sex I. iii. 73 (heading) Psychosexual inversion. Ibid. iv. 99 In other cases there is some degree of psycho-sexual hermaphroditism. 1913A. A. Brill tr. Freud's Interpretation of Dreams v. 200 Anxiety in dreams may be of a psychoneurotic nature, or it may originate in psychosexual excitements, in which case the anxiety corresponds to a repressed libido. 1946Mind LV. 347 There are chapters sketching types of psycho-neurosis, psychosis, psycho-sexual disorder and other social disorders. 1963New Yorker 29 June 84 The great unresolved psychosexual dilemma of modern man and woman. 1970G. Greer Female Eunuch 43 Not all the massage in the world will ensure satisfaction, for it is a matter of psycho-sexual release. 1970Nature 17 Oct. 203/2 Experimental studies to determine the psycho⁓sexual effects of pornography. 1976S. Hynes Auden Generation v. 147 The [poem's] problem is set entirely in psycho-sexual terms.
Hence ˌpsychosexuˈality; psychoˈsexually adv.
1910Jrnl. Abnormal Psychol. Apr.–May 67 Not only must the physician himself be able to approach the subject without prudishness and lewdness, but he must perforce know something about psychosexuality. 1912A. A. Brill tr. Freud's Sel. Papers on Hysteria (ed. 2) xi. 202 We..prefer to speak of psychosexuality, thus laying stress on the fact that the psychic factor of the sexual life should neither be overlooked nor underestimated. 1925Psychosexuality [see fixation 3 b]. 1934Webster, Psychosexually. 1956Nature 14 Jan. 54/2 Through anthropological investigations, we have some idea how they develop psychosexually in other cultures. 1971Cauthery & Cole Fundamentals of Sex v. 170 They are pathologically promiscuous but rarely obtain much pleasure from sex and are usually underdeveloped psychosexually. |