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Definition of Psychological state
1. Noun. (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic. "A manic state"
Specialized synonyms: Cognitive State, State Of Mind, Frame Of Mind, State Of Mind, Aboulia, Abulia, Anhedonia, Depersonalisation, Depersonalization, Hypnosis, Fugue, Psychic Trauma, Trauma, Morale, Anxiety, Anxiousness, Hallucinosis, Identity Crisis, Nerves, Nervousness, Delusion, Psychotic Belief, Mental Health, Mental Disease, Mental Illness, Psychopathy, Agitation, Depression, Elation, Annoyance, Botheration, Irritation, Vexation, Enchantment, Spell, Trance, Disassociation, Dissociation
Category relationships: Psychological Science, Psychology
Generic synonyms: Condition, Status
Lexicographical Neighbors of Psychological State
Literary usage of Psychological state
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Heredity: A Psychological Study of Its Phenomena, Laws, Causes, and by Théodule Ribot (1898)
"Suppose this permanent co-existence of a physiological and a psychological state
established, we can then go further, and draw the deduction that in every ..."
2. Heredity: A Psychological Study of Its Phenomena, Laws, Causes, and Consequences by Théodule Ribot (1875)
"Suppose this permanent co-existence of a physiological and a psychological state
established, we can then go further, and draw the deduction that in every ..."
3. The Great Harmonia: Being a Philosophical Revelation of the Natural by Andrew Jackson Davis (1852)
"Perhaps it is necessary to remind you, that, naturally succeeding the ordinary
or rudimental condition, is the psychological state, which I am about to ..."
4. The Great Harmonia: Being a Philosophical Revelation of the Natural by Andrew Jackson Davis (1880)
"WE will now examine the human mind in the next stage of its manifestation.—I
mean, in the psychological state. There has been a large amount of chicanery ..."
5. The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn (1922)
"... related or studied must be considered especially in relation to the principal
factor of the psychological state which that circumstance has evoked. ..."
6. Alienist and Neurologist (1892)
"The psychological state ai Berkman, the Assailant of HC Frick. By THEODORE DILLER,
MD, Pittsburg, Physician to Neurological Department of Pittsburg Free ..."
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