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psychic driving

psychic driving noun: a psychiatric procedure of the 1950s and 1960s in which patients were subjected to a continuously repeated audio message on a looped tape to alter their behaviour.

Noun

psychic driving (uncountable)

  1. A psychiatric procedure of the 1950s and 1960s in which patients were subjected to a continuously repeated audio message on a looped tape to alter their behaviour.

Questions about psychic driving

What does psychic driving mean?
Psychic driving means a psychiatric procedure of the 1950s and 1960s in which patients were subjected to a continuously repeated audio message on a looped tape to alter their behaviour.
What part of speech is psychic driving?
Psychic driving is a noun.

Words near psychic driving in the dictionary

  1. psychic
  2. psychic bid
  3. psychic bids
  4. psychic death
  5. psychic deaths
  6. psychic driving
  7. psychic numbing
  8. psychic photography
  9. psychic prayer
  10. psychic prayers
  11. psychic surgeon

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