psychological need

collocation in English

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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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need
noun
uk
/niːd/us
/niːd/
the state of having to have something that you do not have, especially something that you must have so that you can have a ...
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(Definition ofpsychologicalandneedfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpsychological need

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There is a feltpsychologicalneedfor the emotions of nationalism as a necessary underpinning of a nation state.
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And that discussion revealed a great deal about the public'spsychologicalneedto contextualize and interpret a great national trauma.
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In other cases a drug may be taken out of curiosity but it is taken subsequently because it fulfils an importantpsychologicalneed.
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To continue in employment is for elderly people often a very important emotional andpsychologicalneed.
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He overlooks thepsychologicalneedfor groups of workers to form associations.
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As market segmentation research yielded more sophisticated psychographic profiles of different target markets, advertisers moved from simple to complex user imagery that more directly addressed a target-relevantpsychologicalneed.
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But do not forget that this is not only an economic demand but also a profoundpsychologicalneed.
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Level-term annuities are popular because they answer an importantpsychologicalneed, as well as giving people the guarantees that they require at that age.
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Will it identify that the need is physical or that it is sensory, or that it is mental or that it is apsychologicalneed?
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That will undoubtedly meet apsychologicalneedwhich could be very helpful from the point of view of improving the work of these colleges.
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People have apsychologicalneedto maintain stability and order in their lives.
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Sleep deprivation can cause people to intake food for emotional/psychologicalneedrather than caloric need of the body.
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For example, money does not itself satisfy any biological orpsychologicalneed, but it reduces drive on a regular basis by a pay check.
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The model recognized that an information need is not a need in and of itself, but rather one that stems from a previouspsychologicalneed.
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As educators, governments, and parents realize thepsychologicalneedand benefits of gaming have on learning, this educational tool has become mainstream.
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The role of patient is a familiar and comforting one, and it fills apsychologicalneedin people with this syndrome.
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Psycharis was an obstinate and opinionated man, with a passion for grandiose schemes and apsychologicalneedto impose his personality and his views on others.
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A physical orpsychologicalneedis capable of organizing action by compelling an individual to do what is necessary in order to fulfill such a need.
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These women are often unable to have children of their own, or have miscarried, and seek to satisfy their unmetpsychologicalneedby abducting a child rather than by adopting.
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