psy·chic
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Audio Help [sahy-kik] Pronunciation Key –adjective Also, psy·chi·cal.
–noun
| 1. | of or pertaining to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical). |
| 2. | Psychology. pertaining to or noting mental phenomena. |
| 3. | outside of natural or scientific knowledge; spiritual. |
| 4. | of or pertaining to some apparently nonphysical force or agency: psychic research; psychic phenomena. |
| 5. | sensitive to influences or forces of a nonphysical or supernatural nature. |
| 6. | a person who is allegedly sensitive to psychic influences or forces; medium. |
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n. pl. me·di·a (-dē-ə) or me·di·ums
adj. Occurring or being between two degrees, amounts, or quantities; intermediate: broil a medium steak. See Synonyms at average. [Latin, from neuter of medius, middle; see medhyo- in Indo-European roots.] Usage Note: The etymologically plural form media is often used as a singular to refer to a particular means of communication, as in The Internet is the most exciting new media since television. Many people regard this usage as incorrect, preferring medium in such contexts. · People also use media with the definite article as a collective term to refer not to the forms of communication themselves so much as the communities and institutions behind them. In this sense, the media means something like "the press." Like other collective nouns, it may take a singular or plural verb depending on the intended meaning. If the point is to emphasize the multifaceted nature of the press, a plural verb may be more appropriate: The media have covered the trial in a variety of formats. Frequently, however, media stands as a singular noun for the aggregate of journalists and broadcasters: The media has not shown much interest in covering the trial. This development of a singular media parallels that of more established words such as data and agenda, which are also Latin plurals that have acquired a singular meaning. · The singular medium cannot be used as a collective noun for the press. The sentence No medium has shown much interest in covering the issue, would suggest that the lack of interest is in the means of communication itself rather than in its practitioners. |
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| psy·chic
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n.
adj. also psy·chi·cal (-kĭ-kəl)
[From Greek psūkhikos, of the soul, from psūkhē, soul; see bhes- in Indo-European roots.] psy'chi·cal·ly adv. |
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psychic
1871 (n.) "a medium;" 1873 (adj.) "of or pertaining to the human soul" (earlier psychical, 1642), from Gk. psykhikos "of the soul, spirit, or mind," from psykhe- "soul, mind" (see psyche). Meaning "characterized by psychic gifts" first recorded 1895.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| psychic | |
adjective | |
| 1. | affecting or influenced by the human mind; "psychic energy"; "psychic trauma" |
| 2. | outside the sphere of physical science; "psychic phenomena" |
noun | |
| 1. | a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
psychic(al) [ˈsaikik(əl)] adjective
concerned with the mind, especially with supernatural influences and forces that act on the mind and senses
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Psychic
Pan*psy"chism\, n. [See Pan-; Psychic.] The theory that all nature is psychical or has a psychical aspect; the theory that every particle of matter has a psychical character or aspect. -- Pan*psy"chic, a. -- Pan*psy"chist, n. -- Pan`psy*chis"tic, a. Fechner affords a conspicuous instance of the idealistic tendency to mysterize nature in his panpsychicism, or that form of noumenal idealism which holds that the universe is a vast communion of spirits, souls of men, of animals, of plants, of earth and other planets, of the sun, all embraced as different members in the soul of the world. --Encyc. Brit.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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