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psychic

[ sahy-kik ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental.
  2. Psychology. pertaining to or noting mental phenomena.
  3. outside of natural or scientific knowledge; spiritual.
  4. of or relating to some apparently nonphysical force or agency:

    psychic research;

    psychic phenomena.

  5. sensitive to influences or forces of a nonphysical or supernatural nature.


noun

  1. a person who is allegedly sensitive to psychic influences or forces; medium.

psychic

/ ˈsaɪkɪk /

adjective

    1. outside the possibilities defined by natural laws, as mental telepathy
    2. (of a person) sensitive to forces not recognized by natural laws
  1. mental as opposed to physical; psychogenic
  2. bridge (of a bid) based on less strength than would normally be required to make the bid


noun

  1. a person who is sensitive to parapsychological forces or influences

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Derived Forms

  • ˈpsychically, adverb
  • ˈpsychical, adjective

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Other Words From

  • psy·chi·cal·ly adverb
  • in·ter·psy·chic adjective
  • non·psy·chic adjective noun
  • non·psy·chi·cal adjective
  • un·psy·chic adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of psychic1

First recorded in 1855–60; from Greek psȳchikós “of the soul”; Psyche, -ic

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Word History and Origins

Origin of psychic1

C19: from Greek psukhikos of the soul or life

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Example Sentences

Brown gave no sign of concern, as if he had suddenly suffered some psychic disconnect from consequences.

Any connection to ISIS is apparently psychic, fantasy made real with the blood of an innocent.

But, his psychic performance in the British Empire was about as underwhelming as England's in the World Cup.

One August day she left her psychic's office in tears, we heard, because the woman had warned her to stay away from Dodi Fayed.

The Oberhausen aquarium erected a memorial of the psychic octopus with a golden urn containing his ashes.

I became keenly aware of the dreadful psychic calamity it involved.

"I don't understand you," said Fetherston, much interested in this latest psychic problem.

Cannot two brains that vibrate in unison at a distance of many kilometres be moved by the same psychic force?

But there are others who live in study, in contemplation, in the culture of the psychic or spiritual world.

With her there would be a strange flash of recognition; it was a sort of intuition, perhaps a psychic thing—who could tell?

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