psychosexual

Etymology

psycho- + sexual

adj

  1. Of or relating to the psychological aspect or aspects of sexuality.
    The X-Men films have made an explicit connection between the mutants’ powers and pubescent self-discovery, but perhaps it’s necessary to address the last few movies’ psychosexual subtext. May 23, 2016, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Apocalypse pits the strengths of the X-Men series against the weaknesses”, in The Onion AV Club
    The film's psychosexual turmoil is heightened still further by the director's linkage of these two milieus: gays cruise in cop costumes, and off-duty cops cruise in S-M drag. 18 February 1980, Frank Rich, “Cop Out in a Dark Deminmonde”, in Time

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