psychological state

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   (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”

   Synonymspsychological conditionmental statemental condition

   Broadercondition

   Narrowercognitive statestate of mindabuliaanhedoniadepersonalizationhypnosisfuguetraumamoraleanxiety

   psychology

Questions about psychological state

What does psychological state mean?

psychological state means "(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic".

What is another word for psychological state?

Close synonyms include psychological condition, mental state, mental condition. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is psychological state a common word?

psychological state is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.