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psychic

noun
/ˈsaɪkɪk/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós, “relative to the soul, spirit, mind”). Earlier referred to as "psychical"; or from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul, mind, psyche”). First appeared (as substantive) 1871 and first records 1895.

  1. derived from ψυχικός

Definitions

  1. A person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities such as…

    A person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities such as precognition, clairvoyance, and telepathy, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supernatural influences.

  2. A person who supposedly contacts the dead

    A person who supposedly contacts the dead; a medium.

  3. In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the second type

    In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the second type; a person focused on intellectual reality (the other two being hylic and pneumatic).

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Relating to or having the abilities of a psychic.

      • You must be psychic—I was just about to say that.
      • She is a psychic person—she hears messages from beyond.
      • Having exhausted the sporting adventures of this terrestrial globe, he is now turning to those of the dim, dark and dubious regions of psychic research.

    2. Relating to the psyche or mind, or to mental activity in general.

      • A pathological process called 'psychiatrosis' may well be found, by the same methods, to be a delineable entity, with somatic correlates, and psychic mechanisms […]

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Derived

allopsychic, antipsychic, archeopsychic, auditopsychic, autopsychic, biopsychic, ethnopsychic, exteropsychic, extrapsychic, galvanopsychic, geopsychic, interpsychic, intrapsychic, metapsychic, neopsychic, neuropsychic, nonpsychic, panpsychic, parapsychic, polypsychic, psychically, psychic cost, psychic death, psychic driving, psychic expenditure, psychic income, psychicism, psychicist, psychicity, psychicly, psychicness, psychic numbing, psychic photography, psychic prayer, psychic surgeon, psychic surgery, psychic vampire, psyker, somatopsychic, telepsychic · +2 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for psychic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA