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psychosocial

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Australian, UK: /ˌsaɪ̯.kəʊ̯ˈsəʊ̯.ʃəl/
  • Canada, US: /ˌsaɪ̯.koʊ̯ˈsoʊ̯.ʃəl/
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  • rhymes with -əʊʃəl
  • CMU ARPABET: S AY1 K OW0 S OW2 SH AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Having both psychological and social aspects.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- Proto-Indo-European *sekw- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *sokwéh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokwh2ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokwyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin socius Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sociālisbor. Middle French socialbor. English social English psychosocial From psycho- + social.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: psicosocial — having both psychological and social aspects
  • Czech: psychosociální — having both psychological and social aspects
  • Danish: psykosocial — having both psychological and social aspects
  • Finnish: psykososiaalinen — having both psychological and social aspects
  • French: psychosocial — having both psychological and social aspects
  • Georgian: ფსიქოსოციალური (psikosocialuri) — having both psychological and social aspects
  • Indonesian: psikososial — having both psychological and social aspects
  • Irish: síceasóisialta — having both psychological and social aspects
  • Portuguese: psicossocial — having both psychological and social aspects
  • Spanish: psicosocial — having both psychological and social aspects
  • Swedish: psykosocial — having both psychological and social aspects