psychic

Meanings

1. 1
   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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

Common collocations

• psychic phenomena Adjective + noun
• psychic trauma Adjective + noun

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.

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