Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A person apparently responsive to psychic forces.
- n. See medium.
- adj. Of, relating to, affecting, or influenced by the human mind or psyche; mental: psychic trauma; psychic energy.
- adj. Capable of extraordinary mental processes, such as extrasensory perception and mental telepathy.
- adj. Of or relating to such mental processes.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or belonging to the human soul or mind; mental; spiritual; psychological.
- Pertaining to the science of mind: opposed to physical: as, psychic force.
- Pertaining to the class of extraordinary and obscure phenomena, such as thought-reading, which are not ordinarily treated by psychologists: as, psychic research.
- Pertaining to the lower soul, or animal principle, and not to the spirit, or higher soul.
- n. A person specially susceptible of psychic impressions, or subject to psychic force; a medium; a sensitive.
Wiktionary
- n. 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 influence.
- n. A person who supposedly contacts the dead. A medium.
- n. Gnosticism In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the second type; a person focused on intellectual reality (the other two being hylic and pneumatic).
- adj. Relating to the abilities of a psychic.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to the human soul, or to the living principle in man.
- adj. Of or pertaining to the mind, or its functions and diseases; mental; -- contrasted with
physical .
WordNet 3.0
- adj. affecting or influenced by the human mind
- n. a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception
- adj. outside the sphere of physical science
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikos, "relative to the soul, spirit, mind"). Earlier referred to as "psychical"; or from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhē, "soul, mind, psyche"). First appeared (as substantive) 1871 and first records 1895. (Wiktionary)
- From Greek psūkhikos, of the soul, from psūkhē, soul; see bhes- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Lifton may have coined the term "psychic numbing," but his own sensitivity and capacity for empathy remains undiminished.”
“Many people think the word psychic is synonymous with the word occult and, therefore, connected with Satan.”
“If their business card contains the word psychic, they're probably not a coach.”
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“For example, the psychic is the team jock rather than Jean Grey or the Invisible Woman.”
“And then I try to relate to the detective what I call a psychic crime reconstruction.”
“This is due, in large part, to semantic confusion: If the person in question has a bad impression of the word psychic, the reaction to my latter comment also will be negative.”
“And it doesn't leave a visible scar, but it creates what I call psychic disfigurement.”
“Thus Jerome emphasises the crepuscular setting, and a certain psychic distance opens up between shroud and sudarium.”
“Last Appearance: Meeting Mr. Eko and revealing that his profession as a psychic is completely fraudulent.”
“He wants him to help babysit an experiment in psychic abilities.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘psychic’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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Starts with a silent letter
...with grateful thanks to telofy (for "cnidarian"), and to the song "Crazy ABC's" by Barenaked Ladies.
cnidarian, mnemonic, chthonic, ptarmigan, psoriasis, psittacine, bdellium, aisle, czar, gnarly, gnat, gnaw and 82 more...
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You're a SUPER Hero!
List as many "super" powers as you can think of! Anything that would be called for example "super strength", please remove the first word and list only the second word Thanks!
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identifiers
species, sex, age bracket, occupation, hobby .. etc.
man, woman, human being, student, zombie, artist, octopus, race driver, scientist, algorithmist, mathematician, child and 59 more...
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big book gre
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What's That Pokémon Name?
Words used to create the names of Pokémon, which are usually portmanteaux.
bulb, dinosaur, ivy, venus, char, salamander, squirt, turtle, blast, tortoise, water, caterpillar and 525 more...
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The Medley of Me
A jumble of words, sometimes contradictory, that add up to me. I'll probably be adding to this list for some time, because I'm a very complex individual. ;P
male, long-haired, big-eyed, writer, artist, guitarist, songsmith, talespinner, pilot, wannabe barnstormer, gypsy, cuddlesome and 209 more...
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candy cane heroin
sex, sexual, branden, rozz, candy cane, candy canes, cotton candy, may day, may, taurus, heroin, love and 134 more...
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Why We Curse: WTF?
This list collects the magnificent collection of vocabulary of the article "What the F***? Why We Curse," by Steven Pinker, in The New Republic (Oct. 2007). I think I'm more impressed with the coll...
curse, language, earthy, ancient, unthinkable, thinkable, emotional, rhyme, meter, alliteration, pleasure, metaphor and 196 more...
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samuraizack's Words
floccinaucinihili..., pneumonoultramicr..., bombastic, existentialistic, velocipede, aglet, anatomical snuffbox, wonk, tang, funambulist, quakebuttock, flews and 390 more...
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vinyl's Words
deliverator, finna, metric fuckton, fag, hyphy, ginormous, sacrilicious, fantabulous, macaca, n-word, pterodactyl, genious and 560 more...
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wordsmithing part deux
because wordsmith is not a verb.
enmity, incarnate, chignon, nape, solitude, nocturne, decorum, warren, svelte, interstice, serene, charlotte and 488 more...
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soul mate
soul mate, soul mates, soul, portishead, wounded, death, depression, hurt, the cure, pain, longing, rat and 424 more...
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abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure and 4874 more...
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MY WORDS
egoist, entomologists, egotist, altruist, introvert, extrovert, ambivert, misanthrope, misogynist, misogamist, ascetic, Altruism and 193 more...
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things i associate with Kaleigh
yeah so i'm happy.
pixie, sparkle, glitter, princess, finland, psychic, skinny, rainbows, guns, swings, hitler, s'later and 4 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for psychic.
gcastro saw it in a billboard it said free psychic reading Oct 31, 2010