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psychotactical

psychotactical adjective: of or relating to psychological tactics.

Adjective

psychotactical (comparative more psychotactical, superlative most psychotactical)

  1. (rare) Of or relating to psychological tactics.
    • This nation is experiencing an alarming rise in this crime category which has prompted psychotactical negotiation techniques which requires a communication base between police and perpetrators.1981, John S. Jackson, R. William De Vore, Proceedings: 1981 Carnahan Conference on Crime Countermeasures, ..., page 177
    • They provide a market for the kind of psychotactical manual that tells women how to stand up, inwardly as well as outwardly, to the men they live and work with.1988, Rupert Wilkinson, The Pursuit of American Character, page 74

Forms of psychotactical

comparativemore psychotactical
superlativemost psychotactical

Origin of psychotactical

From psycho- + tactical.

Questions about psychotactical

What does psychotactical mean?
Psychotactical means of or relating to psychological tactics.
What part of speech is psychotactical?
Psychotactical is an adjective.

Words near psychotactical in the dictionary

  1. psychosyntheses
  2. psychosynthesis
  3. psychosynthesist
  4. psychosynthesists
  5. psychosynthetic
  6. psychotactical
  7. psychotechnic
  8. psychotechnical
  9. psychotechnician
  10. psychotechnicians
  11. psychotechnics

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