Psychosocial

//ˌsaɪ̯.koʊ̯ˈsoʊ̯.ʃəl// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having both psychological and social aspects. not-comparable

    "It seems to me that most of those who adhere to an organicist position in psychiatry espouse a system of values of which they are unaware. They imply that they recognize as scientific only physics (and its branches), but instead of asserting this, they say that they object to psychosocial theories only because they are false."

Synonyms

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functionalpsychologicalpsychopathicpsychotic

Example

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"No, you aren't in love, for what you call love is just a psychosocial construct to make people ignore their animalic heritance."

Etymology

From psycho- + social.

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