生せい理り的てき

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Meanings

1

physiological; physical

Refers to biological or bodily functions and processes, often in medical or scientific contexts.

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Sweating is a physiological response.

睡すい眠みんは生せい理り的てきに必ひつ要ようなものだ。

Sleep is a physical necessity.

2

visceral; instinctive; gut-level

Describes a deep, almost bodily reaction or feeling that is not based on logic; often used for strong dislikes or aversions.

〈事こと〉が生せい理り的てきに無む理りだto find something viscerally unbearable, on a gut level
虫むしは生せい理り的てきに無む理りだ。
I have a gut-level aversion to insects.
〈人ひと〉を生せい理り的てきに受うけ付つけないto be unable to stand someone on a purely instinctive level
彼かれのことは生せい理り的てきに受うけ付つけない。
I just can't stand him on a gut level.
生せい理り的てきな反はん応のうa physiological reaction
緊きん張ちょうすると心しん拍ぱく数すうが上あがるのは生せい理り的てきな反はん応のうだ。
生せい理り的てき欲よっ求きゅうphysiological needs (hunger, sleep, etc.)
食しょく欲よくや睡すい眠みん欲よくは生せい理り的てき欲よっ求きゅうの一ひとつだ。
Appetite and the need for sleep are examples of physiological needs.

本ほん能のう的てき sense 2
本能的 stresses innate, animal-like instinct, while 生理的 (in its gut-level sense) points to an almost bodily, uncontrollable reaction.
身しん体たい的てき sense 1
身体的 broadly describes anything related to the physical body, whereas 生理的 focuses more narrowly on biological functions and processes.
感かん覚かく的てき sense 2
感覚的 describes a reaction based on the senses or intuition, while 生理的 implies a deeper, bodily/involuntary aversion.

心しん理り的てきN2sense 1
心理的 refers to the mind or psychology, while 生理的 refers to the body's physical or biological functions.

心しん理り的てきN2
生理的 refers to physiological (bodily) processes, whereas 心理的 refers to psychological (mental) ones, so the two are easily confused despite differing meanings.

Compound of 生理 (physiology) + 的 (-like, -ical). The extended sense 'visceral' derives from the idea of a bodily, non-rational reaction.

An increased heart rate under stress is a physiological reaction.