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Psychological moment

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The best time to do something, when those involved are in the most workable state of mind.

    "At length the psychological moment arrived, and the sorcerer called upon her to deliver the child[.]"

  2. 2
    the most appropriate time for achieving a desired effect wordnet

Etymology

Derived from a misunderstanding of German psychologische Moment, where Moment actually means momentum.

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