psychological difficulty

collocation in English

meaningsofpsychologicalanddifficulty

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psychological
adjective
uk
/ˌsaɪ.kəlˈɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌsaɪ.kəˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
relating to the human mind ...
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difficulty
noun
uk
/ˈdɪf.ɪ.kəl.ti/us
/ˈdɪf.ə.kəl.t̬i/
the fact of not being easy to do ...
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(Definition ofpsychologicalanddifficultyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We realise that we are faced here with a very greatpsychologicaldifficulty.
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I agree that there is apsychologicaldifficultyhere.
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I feel that in some ways more might be done to remove thepsychologicaldifficulty.
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It is not only apsychologicaldifficultywe have to consider but a physical one.
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No amount of explanation about the benefits they may gain from continuing to work—benefits in the form of increased pensions later—will overcome thatpsychologicaldifficulty.
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They seem to havepsychologicaldifficultyin admitting that they are wrong, or that someone else may have a point that should be accommodated.
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It was interesting to observe that he put in the forefront of his speech the fact that it was apsychologicaldifficulty.
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It is apsychologicaldifficultywe are up against.
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Then there is apsychologicaldifficulty—a very real one.
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There is not only thatpsychologicaldifficulty, but the absolute impossibility of finding quarters for hundreds of thousands of foreign labourers.
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She emphasised that she was talking not about some kind of superficialpsychologicaldifficultybut about deep psychiatric illness, which was becoming much more common.
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This is a matter of greatpsychologicaldifficulty.
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That undoubtedly is apsychologicaldifficultywhich has arisen because of the way in which this matter has been handled.
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There is also a considerablepsychologicaldifficultywhich they never face.
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He admitted that thepsychologicaldifficultymight be completely irrational, but, nevertheless, he felt that, because some people did not like these national identity cards, they should he abolished.
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That is apsychologicaldifficulty.
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I do not really think he can realise thepsychologicaldifficultythis would cause in the country, the fear of unemployment after a short boom, which was witnessed before.
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