psychological moment

noun

1. the proper or critical time for achieving a desired result:

   She found the right psychological moment to make her request.

psychological moment

noun

1. the most appropriate time for producing a desired effect

   he proposed to her at the psychological moment

Word History and Origins

Origin of psychological moment¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

What fire superiority accomplishes; psychological moment for charge determined by tactical instinct.

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The wise rival is he who knows how to seize upon the psychological moment and urge his suit in no faint-hearted manner.

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Whether it was chance, or whether she had been waiting outside for the psychological moment, certainly her entrance was opportune.

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That the public, receiving it at what we now term the psychological moment, may have overrated it is by no means impossible.

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I became lightning-proof at last; also I learned better to select the psychological moment for the correction.

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