Psychosexual

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to the psychological aspect or aspects of sexuality. not-comparable

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to the mental or emotional attitudes about sexuality wordnet

Synonyms

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functionalpsychologicalpsychopathicpsychotic

Example

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"The stages of psychosexual development—oral, anal, phallic, latent, and genital—turn out to be one big Freudian slip, betraying severe anal retention on the part of the taxonomist."

Etymology

From psycho- + sexual.

Related phrases

psychosexual development

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