PSYCHOLOGICALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does psychologically mean? 

• PSYCHOLOGICALLY (adverb)
  The adverb PSYCHOLOGICALLY has 2 senses:

1. with regard to psychology

2. in terms of psychology

  Familiarity information: PSYCHOLOGICALLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PSYCHOLOGICALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With regard to psychology

Context example:

the event was very damaging to the child psychologically

Pertainym:

psychological (mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In terms of psychology

Context example:

classify poetry psychologically

Pertainym:

psychological (of or relating to or determined by psychology)

 Context examples 

A psychologically and socially impaired state, with or without physiological changes, that develops as a result of using cocaine and which leads to compulsive behaviors to acquire the substance.

(Cocaine Dependence, NCI Thesaurus)

The results suggest that people who commonly resist acknowledging their darkest emotions, or judge them harshly, can end up feeling more psychologically stressed.

(Embracing Darker Moods Makes You Feel Better, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

There is one little temporary glitch—Mercury is about to go retrograde from February 16 to March 9, and this period is contained within the same period Mercury’s big brother Mars will tour Capricorn, your income sector, and when you will be psychologically ready to finally spend.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)