psychophysical

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adjective

Of or pertaining to psychophysics.

“Near-synonym: physicopsychical”

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Meanings

adjectivepsychophysical (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to psychophysics.

    Near-synonym: physicopsychical

    1 more example

    This theory involves a psychophysical parallelism […] in the sense that there is a functional link between them analogous to that, for example, between the visual and tactile qualities of a single body.

    1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 438

    Synonyms: physicopsychical

  2. not comparablePsychosomatic.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf or pertaining to psychophysics.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
  2. Ancient Greekψῡχο- (psūkho-)
  3. Englishpsycho-
  4. Englishphysical
  5. Englishpsychophysical

From psycho- + physical.

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Translations

German psychophysikalisch, psychosomatisch
  • psychophysikalischof or pertaining to psychophysics
  • psychosomatischpsychosomatic
Polish psychofizyczny, psychosomatyczny
  • psychofizycznyof or pertaining to psychophysics
  • psychosomatycznypsychosomatic
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APA

psychophysical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychophysical

MLA

“psychophysical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychophysical. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “psychophysical,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychophysical.

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