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psychophysical

psychophysical adjective: of or pertaining to psychophysics.

Adjective

psychophysical (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to psychophysics.
    • Near-synonym: physicopsychical
    • This theory involves a psychophysical parallelism […] in the sense that there is a functional link between them analogous to that, for example, between the visual and tactile qualities of a single body.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...
  2. Psychosomatic.

Synonyms of psychophysical

Origin of psychophysical

From psycho- + physical.

Words formed from psychophysical

Phrases with psychophysical

Questions about psychophysical

What does psychophysical mean?
Psychophysical means of or pertaining to psychophysics.
What part of speech is psychophysical?
Psychophysical is an adjective.

Words near psychophysical in the dictionary

  1. psychophonic
  2. psychophony
  3. psychophor
  4. psychophylaxis
  5. psychophysic
  6. psychophysical
  7. psychophysical parallelism
  8. psychophysical time
  9. psychophysical times
  10. psychophysically
  11. psychophysicist

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