psihologic

Forms

psihologic m or n (feminine singular psihologică, masculine plural psihologici, feminine/neuter plural psihologice)^[1] Older spellings were psichologic and psychologic, and a variant psicologic occurs: „Precum în rînduiala psicologică asemine și în rînduiala materială... sînt principuri” “as in the psychological order, so in the material order there are principles” (Russo).^[2][3]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French psychologique.^{[4][2][3][5][1]} Scriban also relates it to psihologie, and Wiktionary notes that it can be analysed as that noun with the suffix -ic.^[6][1] The French adjective is formed on psychologie.^[1]

Earliest recorded meaning

MDA2's first record is in Vasile Episcupescu's Oglinda înțelepciunii (1843), which speaks of „psihologice simțiri” “psychological feelings” such as fear and calm.^[2][3] MDA2 records the noun psihologie from 1846, in another work of the same author.^[2]

Semantic evolution

The adjective means “of psychology” and “of the mind”, and is a synonym of sufletesc and psihic.^[4][5] The phrase moment psihologic “the right moment to influence someone” is already in Scriban;^[6][2] MDA2 also gives it the sense “tense moment of waiting for something to happen”.^[6][2] An old derivative psihologicesc was rare and has gone out of use.^[2][3]

Timeline

• 1843 – first record, in Episcupescu's Oglinda înțelepciunii.^[2][3]
• 1846 – the noun psihologie.^[2]

Meanings

Adjective

1. psychological: belonging or relating to psychology or to the phenomena it studies; of the mind.^[4][2][1]

Related words

• psihologie
• psiholog

Usage notes

Moment psihologic means “the right moment to influence someone or to bring something about”.^[4][5]

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 586
3. ^ a b c d e Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. psihologic
4. ^ a b c d DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 893
5. ^ a b c Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. psihologic
6. ^ a b c Scriban, August (1939), Dicționaru limbii românești (etimologii, înțelesuri, exemple, citațiuni, arhaizme, neologizme, provincializme), Iași: Presa Bună, p. 1071