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/sˌaɪkəlˈɑdʒɪkəl mˈoʊmənt/ Listen

Psychological moment

noun

The most appropriate time for achieving a desired effect.

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"Psychological moment" Quotes from Famous Books

... is too late," he said, gayly. "The psychological moment is long gone by. We shall both end old bachelors, my good Varhely, and spend our evenings playing checkers, that mimic ...

— Prince Zilah, Complete • Jules Claretie

... up the stairs ... you were the only person who went up just at that one psychological moment! He had his pocketbook with him when he came in—he told ...

— The Pawns Count • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... splash of a canoe, dropped into the water, was exquisite torture. The dip of paddles set him well-nigh beside himself. Then, a few moments later, when the light craft slithered on the mud of the shallows, just beyond the hiding-place, he felt the psychological moment had come. Out he sprang at his victim, who was still ankle deep ...

— The Heart of Unaga • Ridgwell Cullum

... between utterance and silence his world of inner forces just then knew, combined to make the invitation irresistible. Moreover, he had wanted to tell it all these days. Stahl was already half convinced. Stahl would surely understand and help him. It was the psychological moment for confession. The two men rose in the same moment, Stahl to lock the cabin doors against interruption, O'Malley to set their chairs more closely side by side so ...

— The Centaur • Algernon Blackwood

... to-night," went on the other, "and able to get out of the way, so I'm going to get in close as possible and watch you. I've tried to do so before, but somehow I'm always side-tracked just at the psychological moment." The quizzical voice became serious, the flippant manner vanished. "Honestly, Darley, I can't understand you any more than you can me. You said a bit ago you wondered where I would end. I have the same ...

— The Dominant Dollar • Will Lillibridge

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