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verb (used with object) Informal.
1.
to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out ): to psych out the competition.
2.
to prepare psychologically to be in the right frame of mind or to give one's best (often followed by up ): to psych oneself up for an interview.
3.
to figure out psychologically; decipher (often followed by out ): to psych out a problem.
Also, psyche.
Origin:
1915–20 in earlier sense “to subject to psychoanalysis”; originally a shortening of psychoanalyze; in later use (especially in defs. 1 and 2) perhaps independent use of psych-
1915–20 in earlier sense “to subject to psychoanalysis”; originally a shortening of psychoanalyze; in later use (especially in defs. 1 and 2) perhaps independent use of psych-
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psych-
variant of psycho- before some vowels: psychasthenia.
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| psycho- or (sometimes before a vowel) psych- | |
| —combining form | |
| indicating the mind or psychological or mental processes: psychology; psychogenesis; psychosomatic | |
| [from Greek psukhē spirit, breath] | |
| psych- or (sometimes before a vowel) psych- | |
| —combining form | |
| [from Greek psukhē spirit, breath] | |
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Word Origin & History
psych
short for psychology in various senses; as an academic study, in student slang by 1895. The verb is generally negative when used transitively, positive when intransitive; first attested (also psych out) 1934 as "to outsmart," from 1963 as "to unnerve." However to psych (oneself) up is from 1972; to be
psyched up is attested from 1968.
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Medical Dictionary
psych- pref.
Variant of psycho-.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| psych psychoanalyze |
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Example sentences
She spent a week at a mental health center, in the drooling stupor that is ubiquitous among psych patients here.
My husband is disabled, and the pain meds and psych meds sometimes leave him forgetful.
Pop psych lore is a bewildering mix of fact and fallacy.
Their lessons focused in part on ways to psych-out what kind of question it was and the answer the testers were looking for.
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