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kolytic

kolytic adjective: pertaining to inhibition, especially as a generalized personality trait.

Adjective

kolytic (comparative more kolytic, superlative most kolytic)

  1. Pertaining to inhibition, especially as a generalized personality trait.
    • According to this theory, all nerve centers, including those of the psychic level of the cerebral cortex, are composed of both erethitic and kolytic cells associated with the specific functions of excitation and inhibition.1932 November, J. Ramsay Hunt, “ERETHIZOPHRENIA AND KOLYPHRENIA: A Physiological Conception of Psychological Types and Their Relation to Psychopathology”, in American Journal of Psychiatry, volume...
    • The kolytic type, on the other hand, is more calm and controlled, with a greater passivity of mind and body.1932, British Medical Association, The Journal of Neurology and Psychopathology, page 72

kolytic meaning in Tamil

kolytic in Tamil

உணர்வு அடக்கம், உள அடக்கம்

Examples of kolytic in a sentence

  • We can recognize two fundamental psychological types, an erethitic and a kolytic, due to a predominance of one or other of these functions in the psychic field.1933, The Journal of Mental Science - Volume 79, page 398:
  • Hunt (1929) introduces the concepts of "eremitic" and "kolytic" types, which he identifies with inhibition (introversion) and excitation (extraversion) respectively.1950, Hans J. Eysenck, Dimensions of Personality, →ISBN, page 57:

Forms of kolytic

comparativemore kolytic
superlativemost kolytic

Questions about kolytic

What does kolytic mean?
Kolytic means pertaining to inhibition, especially as a generalized personality trait.
What is kolytic in Tamil?
Kolytic in Tamil is உணர்வு அடக்கம், உள அடக்கம். See Kolytic meaning in Tamil.
How do you use kolytic in a sentence?
We can recognize two fundamental psychological types, an erethitic and a kolytic, due to a predominance of one or other of these functions in the psychic field.
What part of speech is kolytic?
Kolytic is an adjective.

Words near kolytic in the dictionary

  1. kolwezite
  2. Kolya
  3. Kolye
  4. Kolyma
  5. kolymite
  6. kolytic
  7. kolyva
  8. Kolyvan
  9. Kolín
  10. Kolāra
  11. KOM

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