Psychoid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsaɪkɔɪd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Psychoid is a noun meaning An innate physical reaction to a psychological stimulus.
Meaning
An innate physical reaction to a psychological stimulus.
More Meanings
- Pertaining to or characteristic of psychoids; Involving the causal interaction between the psychological or instinctive and the physical.
Example Sentences
It is psychoid, and it extends into regions beyond human experience and knowing.
Because it is transcendent, it is psychoid, and the Self, which is the ultimate transcendent reality, must also be psychoid.
Accordingly, Driesch considered that the psychoid served to regulate action, and it did so by employing the faculties of the brain as a piano player uses a piano.
It will be convenient, however, to adopt the convention that psychoids can be spoken of as being at a place in physical space, even though they cannot occupy a region in the ordinary sense.
Word Forms
- psychoids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include archetype, psychoeffect, psychotropism, psychosonics, psychophysics, psychache.
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