psychic
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7.6
- adjective
- /ˈsaɪkɪk/
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psíquico
- Your psychic abilities help solve crimes, it makes the world a better place.
- psychic trauma
- psychic pain
- physical and psychic
And I don't think it's good for your psychic health, you know?
- And I don't think it's good for your psychic health, you know?
- And so Thornhill and others have proposed psychic pain is very analogous to that.
- That is a comic who is trying to ease a psychic pain.
- What is the psychic toll of doing this behavior?
- And I felt so much pain, not only physical but psychic in a way that felt unendurable.
- He probably was too busy with his trying to understand the psychic mind.
- Because the wounds from living under communism, I think the psychic wounds.
- Are you sensing some psychic blockage that I need to be working on that you're afraid to tell me?
- The excessive psychic stimulation in a large city would cause withdrawal.
- And I have my work, which at least allows me, even if I'm in the same apartment, I'm in a psychic space that is my own.
- Don't and worry are a psychic disease.
- So bound in to the existence, the psychic existence was their position in place.
- It's going to be something that is going to be holistic, whole body, spiritual, psychic, physical, and for me, medical.
Examples
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I want to see what kind of psychic profile you'll get for an imaginary person.
Fiction book (1992) -
But Lydia and I, we have a definite psychic connection.
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I just think being psychic really is just being aware.
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We must have a psychic link.
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Maybe, if Bob really is psychic, he could tell us the future.
Fiction book (1992) -
What is the psychic toll of doing this behaviour?
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This is for me, the crisis in some sense, or the psychic imbalance of our times.
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Her husband forbids her to work, which causes her psychic development to be hindered.
Academic text (1992) -
Utilizing psychic vibrations, I shall select the perfect volunteer.
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The therapist assessed the client's psychic state to better understand their emotional needs.
Synonyms
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4.5
Relates to how a person thinks and feels
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3.0
Relating to the mind and how a person thinks
Relating to the mind rather than the body
Relating to the mind or soul rather than the body
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.9
A very strong emotional hurt that stays for a long time after a frightening or sad event
Communication using claimed mind powers instead of normal sight or hearing
How Mental
Surface Forms
Morphology
psychic = psyche (transparent) = psych + ic
The adjective is a straightforward formation from 'psyche' + '-ic', meaning 'relating to the mind/psyche', which learners can derive from the base.
Etymology
Psychic comes from the Greek word psyche meaning 'soul' or 'mind'. So when we talk about a psychic trauma or energy, we mean harm or force that happens 'inside the mind' rather than in the body.