psychologicallyadv.
/ˌsʌɪkəˈlɒdʒᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌsaɪkəˈlɑdʒək(ə)li/ In a psychological manner; in relation to or as regards psychology.
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1810 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1973) III. 3760 Analyse it psychologically & then men may perhaps hear answers from their conscience.
1839 Fraser's Mag. 20 712 Which, contemplated historically, psychologically, morally,..holds out..abundant matter.
1875 W. E. Gladstone in Contemp. Rev. June 22 A certain reception of Christ, not easy to describe psychologically.
1903 F. C. S. Schiller Humanism ix. 158 A transition which is psychologically so easy as to have been made almost universally.
1933 Mind 42 38 Postulates within the system are..self-evident (i.e., necessarily true in the logical sense, though of course their necessity need not be psychologically obvious to cursory inspection).
1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 176 The old person psychologically ‘throws in the towel’, and gives up the struggle.
1976 Newsweek (Nexis) 14 June 60 The Moonies make it psychologically difficult for their followers to leave.
2002 Independent 17 Oct. 20/2 Children in care may be psychologically damaged or particularly emotionally needy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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