Meanings
- not comparableOf or relating to the psychological aspect or aspects of sexuality.
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 Time1 more example
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, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2016
Origin
- Ancient Greekψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
- Ancient Greekψῡχο- (psūkho-)
- Englishpsycho-
- Proto-Indo-European*sek-
- Proto-Indo-European*séks-u-s
- Proto-Italic*seksus
- Proto-Indo-European*sek-
- Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*sekaō
- Latinsecō
- Latinsecāre?
- Latinsexus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinsexuālis
- Englishsexual
- Englishpsychosexual
Translations
Finnish psykoseksuaalinen
- psykoseksuaalinenof or relating to the psychological aspects of sexuality
Italian psicosessuale
- psicosessualeof or relating to the psychological aspects of sexuality
Spanish psicosexual
- psicosexualof or relating to the psychological aspects of sexuality
Swedish psykosexuell
- psykosexuellof or relating to the psychological aspects of sexuality
Cite this entry
psychosexual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychosexual
“psychosexual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychosexual. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “psychosexual,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychosexual.
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