psychological

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psychological warfare

The use of threats, intimidation, or other such tactics to try to bring about a particular outcome. The government's dropping of leaflets announcing the bombings was really just psychological warfare to weaken the enemy's morale. All right, I'll go to the family dinner, if only to get Mom to stop guilt-tripping me. I swear it's like psychological warfare with her!
See also: psychological, warfare

the psychological moment

The time at which someone or something is most able or likely to achieve success or desired result. The devastation of the country was the psychological moment for the dictator to seize power. The attack on the region created the psychological moment for the two rival nations to finally put aside their differences and join forces.
See also: moment, psychological
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

the ˌpsychological ˈmoment

the best time to do something in order for it to be successful: The publication of her first novel came at the psychological moment, and she became well known very quickly.
See also: moment, psychological
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • psychological warfare
  • strong-arm tactics
  • put a gun to (someone's) head
  • dropping
  • drop (one's) aitches
  • drop your aitches
  • war of nerves
  • war of nerves, a
  • a war of nerves
  • goon squad
References in periodicals archive
Methods and Materials: Two hypotheses were formulated: 1) The Level of psychological distress would be higher in spouses of patients with psychiatric disorder than spouses of normal adults, 2) The level of psychological well-being would be lower in spouses of patients with psychiatric disorder than the spouses of normal adults.
According to press release issued on Saturday the Pakistan Psychological Council's bill has been passed in 2013 and in 2018 as well.
And that's where he got the term psychological wallet.
The bench ordered the commissioners, DCs and SPs to get information of psychological disorder patients at public places, graveyards and tombs.
The bench also sought scores of detained psychological disordered patients from prisons of Sindh and directed the IGP Sindh to submit a list of patients suffering from such health problems.
[USA], May 8 (ANI): People with lower incomes may be more likely to have obesity as a result of psychological distress that gives rise to emotional eating, recent findings suggest.
Improving the Psychological Wellbeing of Children and Young People: Effective Prevention and Early Intervention Across Health, Education and Social Care.
Louis, MO, January 18, 2019 --(PR.com)-- Psychological Associates, a consulting company that applies behavioral science to business performance, recently created a new group called the HR Council.
PESHAWAR -- Psychological Psychotherapy service has been started at Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) to strengthen the psychiatric services.
6, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Psychological distress is associated with myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke in men and women, according to a study published online Aug.
ISLAMABAD -- Older adults who experience psychological distress such as depression and anxiety may have an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), a new study suggests.
Objective: To find out the level of psychological distress among medical students of Peshawar.
During 2014-2016, 37.2% of adults aged >18 years with serious psychological distress were current smokers, followed by 27.6% of those with mild to moderate psychological distress and 14.0% of those with no psychological distress.
Higher education researchers and policy experts have recently become interested in how psychological factors--such as student mindsets and motives--are associated with improving college completion.