psychic

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We then resumed our seats, and waited for over an hour During this time the psychic was absolutely silent and apparently in deep trance, and I was beginning to feel both disappointed and chagrined.

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  1. noun A person apparently responsive to psychic forces.
  2. noun See medium.
  3. adjective Of, relating to, affecting, or influenced by the human mind or psyche; mental: psychic trauma; psychic energy.
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  • For instance, I have made allusion in previous columns to the fact that I've had what can best be described as a psychic experience. —  Analog, March 2002
  • I find myself described as a psychic in many recent parapsychology books, even by authors who describe me as such over my objections. —  Omni: April 1994
  • Whether the rewards for such endeavors are material or psychic, they should be forthcoming. —  The Book Of THoTH, Popular Articles from The Archive Category - Wicca
  • Omundson plays a Santa Barbara detective determined to unmask Spencer, but the cheerful fake psychic is always one step ahead
  • An "E L name" was a hit with a grandmother named "Dell" - the audience member later recalled the psychic specifically getting the name "Dell." —  James Randi Educational Foundation
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  1. From Greek psūkhikos, of the soul, from psūkhē, soul; see bhes- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French psychique, from Greek ψυχικός, pertaining to the soul or to life, also (from Late Latin psychicus), pertaining to mere animal life, carnal, from ψυχή, soul, life, mind: see Psyche.
 

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