psychosexual

English

Etymology

From psycho- +‎ sexual.

Adjective

psychosexual (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the psychological aspect or aspects of sexuality.
   • 2016 May 23, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Apocalypse pits the strengths of the X-Men series against the weaknesses”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     The X-Men films have made an explicit connection between the mutants’ powers and pubescent self-discovery, but perhaps it’s necessary to address the last few movies’ psychosexual subtext.

   • 1980 February 18, Frank Rich, “Cop Out in a Dark Deminmonde”, in Time‎^[2]:

     The film's psychosexual turmoil is heightened still further by the director's linkage of these two milieus: gays cruise in cop costumes, and off-duty cops cruise in S-M drag.

Derived terms

• psychosexual development

Translations

of or relating to the psychological aspects of sexuality

• Finnish: psykoseksuaalinen
• Italian: psicosessuale (it)
• Spanish: psicosexual