psychosexual

psychosexual
adjective Date: 1897 1. of or relating to the mental, emotional, and behavioral aspects of sexual development 2. of or relating to mental or emotional attitudes concerning sexual activity 3. of or relating to the physiological psychology of sex • psychosexually adverb

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