| anal |
in psychoanalysis, denoting or pertaining to a stage of psychological development characterized by interest in or attention to the anus. [1/2 definitions] |
| anguish |
unbearable pain or suffering, esp. psychological. [1/2 definitions] |
| anorexia |
a psychological disorder marked by the inability to eat or the persistent refusal of food; anorexia nervosa. (Cf. bulimarexia.) |
| behaviorism |
in psychology, the doctrine that observable behavior, rather than mental events or consciousness, gives the only valid evidence for study, and that environmental influences predominate in human psychological development. |
| bildungsroman |
a novel that concerns itself primarily with the psychological and moral development of the main character, usually from youth into adulthood. |
| brainwash |
to alter a person's ideas or beliefs by forceful means such as physical torture or psychological stress. [1/4 definitions] |
| capable |
having the psychological makeup that allows a particular emotion or the carrying out of particular act (usu. fol. by "of"). [1/3 definitions] |
| depressed |
experiencing psychological depression, a mood disorder characterized by pervasive sadness or hopelessness. [1/4 definitions] |
| depressive |
of, related to, or characterized by psychological depression. [2/3 definitions] |
| depth psychology |
the psychological study of the unconscious mind. |
| detoxify |
to rid (someone) of a physical or psychological addiction to alcohol or other drugs. [1/2 definitions] |
| drive |
a strong psychological motivation. [1/18 definitions] |
| escape mechanism |
a psychological strategy that a person uses to evade something disagreeable. |
| fetishism |
a psychological disorder in which an object stimulates sexual passion. [1/2 definitions] |
| fixate |
to develop and persist in an immature psychological attachment, or to suffer arrested emotional development. [1/5 definitions] |
| fixation |
the arrest of psychological development at some stage before maturity, esp. in early childhood. [1/3 definitions] |
| form |
state of physical or psychological fitness for athletic or other activities. [1/16 definitions] |
| future shock |
the physical or psychological distress caused by the inability to adjust to the many technological changes in modern society. |
| gaslight |
to use psychological manipulation in an attempt to make (a person or persons) believe that they are losing their sanity or that their memories or valid suspicions are false. [1/3 definitions] |
| gaslighting |
psychological manipulation that attempts to make a person or persons believe that they are losing their sanity or that their memories or valid suspicions are false. |
| Gestalt psychology |
a psychological theory that holds that experience is composed of gestalts and that an organism's response to a situation cannot be analyzed as a sum of its elements. |