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psychological

[sahy-kuh-loj-i-kuhl] / ˌsaɪ kəˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl /


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“It has had a psychological impact on my life; it has restricted me, and I can’t move freely if I have to travel to India,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

Imagine, Mr. Nguyen says, that one day all of humanity’s problems are solved: “all our medical problems, all our resource scarcity, all our psychological problems.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Prosecutors have requested a nine-year prison sentence plus psychological treatment.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Two things can be true at once: Your very real fear of flying, which can result in very real physical and psychological distress, and your husband’s window of time to take this trip.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Henry Kissinger, a contemporary politician, wrote: “Deterrence depends, above all, on psychological criteria. For purposes of deterrence, a bluff taken seriously is more useful than a serious threat interpreted as a bluff.”

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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