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. 1. outside the possibilities defined by natural laws, as mental telepathy

   2. (of a person) sensitive to forces not recognized by natural laws

2. mental as opposed to physical; psychogenic

3. 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

Other Word Forms

• psychical adjective
• psychically adverb
• interpsychic adjective
• nonpsychic adjective
• nonpsychical adjective
• unpsychic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of psychic¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of psychic¹

C19: from Greek psukhikos of the soul or life

Example Sentences

Getting the devices out means keeping out the importuning virtual world, with its entertainers and weirdos and cyberbullies, and creating space for psychic and physical rest.

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But these psychic wounds didn’t make Candy a cruel or nasty person; he simply absorbed the hurt and redoubled his efforts to be a genial performer.

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You don’t need to be a Supreme Court insider or a psychic to figure out how this will go.

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The harm is psychic and moral, reflecting a conflict between deeply held ethical beliefs and behaviors that violate these beliefs, particularly behaviors over which one has little or no control.

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Birds, too, which show up in random shots and, like the lakes and rivers, function as a sort of psychic relief for the viewer and metaphors for the story.

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Related Words

• mental 
• metaphysical 
• psychological 
• spiritual 
• supernatural