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physico-mental

UK/ˌfɪzɪkəʊˈmɛntəl/

physico-mental adjective: having both physical and mental aspects; involving both the body and the mind; psychosomatic.

Adjective

physico-mental (not comparable)

  1. Having both physical and mental aspects; involving both the body and the mind; psychosomatic.
    • Like Nagel, with his “physico-mental intimacy” and his variability of relations, Merleau-Ponty also searches for new forms of physico-mental relations. He postulates a “circular causality” as a “chiasm” between mental states and physico-mental conditions. These terms characterize physico-mental...1997: Georg Meggle [ed.], ἀναλύωμεν — Analyōmen 2: Proceedings of the 2ⁿᵈ Conference “Perspectives in Analytical Philosophy”, page 115 (Walter de Gruyter; →ISBN, 978-3110152579)

Origin of physico-mental

From physico- + mental.

Words that rhyme with physico-mental

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Questions about physico-mental

What does physico-mental mean?
Physico-mental means having both physical and mental aspects; involving both the body and the mind; psychosomatic.
What part of speech is physico-mental?
Physico-mental is an adjective.
How do you pronounce physico-mental?
Physico-mental is pronounced /ˌfɪzɪkəʊˈmɛntəl/ (UK).

Words near physico-mental in the dictionary

  1. physicking
  2. physickings
  3. physicks
  4. physicky
  5. physico-
  6. physico-mental
  7. physico-theologies
  8. physico-theology
  9. physicoastronomical
  10. physicobiological
  11. physicochemic

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