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psychache

psychache noun: psychological pain.

Noun

psychache (uncountable)

  1. psychological pain

Origin of psychache

From psych- + ache, coined by Edwin Shneidman.

Questions about psychache

What does psychache mean?
Psychache means psychological pain.
What part of speech is psychache?
Psychache is a noun.

Words near psychache in the dictionary

  1. psych-
  2. psych-fi
  3. Psych-O
  4. Psych-Os
  5. psych.
  6. psychache
  7. psychagogic
  8. psychagogue
  9. psychagogues
  10. psychagogy
  11. psychal

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