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psychohistorical

psychohistorical adjective: of or pertaining to psychohistory.

Adjective

psychohistorical (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to psychohistory.
    • It is hard not to give in and accept the verdicts of Voltaire that "history is the lie commonly agreed upon" and of Henry Ford that "history is bunk." When faced with the Marxist fantasies of Srejovic or Childe, or with the psychohistorical hallucinations of Julian Jaynes, I realize that history is...1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 136

Origin of psychohistorical

From psycho- + historical.

Words formed from psychohistorical

Questions about psychohistorical

What does psychohistorical mean?
Psychohistorical means of or pertaining to psychohistory.
What part of speech is psychohistorical?
Psychohistorical is an adjective.

Words near psychohistorical in the dictionary

  1. psychographs
  2. psychography
  3. psychoheresy
  4. psychohistorian
  5. psychohistorians
  6. psychohistorical
  7. psychohistorically
  8. psychohistories
  9. psychohistory
  10. psychohydraulic
  11. psychohydraulics

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