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Psychological vs Pathological - What's the difference?

psychological | pathological |

As adjectives the difference between psychological and pathological

is that psychological is of or pertaining to psychology while pathological is pertaining to pathology.

psychological

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or pertaining to psychology.
  • I'm concerned about their psychological well-being.
    The film was a dark psychological thriller.
  • Without an objective, or reasonably logical foundation.
  • Prices seem to have stopped rising, having hit the psychological ceiling of just under 100 dollars.

    Derived terms

    * psychological warfare * psychologically * psychomological

    pathological

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (medicine) Pertaining to pathology.
  • (medicine) Relating to, amounting to, causing, or caused by a physical or mental disorder.
  • (mathematics) Having properties which are counterintuitive or difficult to handle.
  • (computer science) Having properties that cause unusually bad behaviour, especially regarding correctness or performance.
  • Synonyms

    * pathologic

    Antonyms

    * (mathematics)

    Derived terms

    * pathologically