Meanings
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adj
relating to the mind, soul, or mental processes rather than the physical body
The writer treated memory as one element of a larger psychic life.
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2
adj
relating to supposedly paranormal powers or communication beyond the ordinary senses
They asked whether the repeated vision was a psychic phenomenon or a coincidence.
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3
noun
a person who claims or appears to possess paranormal perception, such as clairvoyance or telepathy
The psychic claimed to know details that no visitor had disclosed.
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Etymology
From Greek psychikos ("of the soul or mind"), from psyche ("breath, soul, mind"). English first used it for mental or spiritual life; the noun and the specifically paranormal senses became prominent in the late nineteenth century.