different between psyche vs interpsychic

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin psych?, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ???? (psukh?, “soul”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?'k?, IPA^(key): /?sa?.ki/

Noun

psyche (plural psyches)

1. The human soul, mind, or spirit.
2. (chiefly psychology) The human mind as the central force in thought, emotion, and behavior of an individual.
3. A small white butterfly, Leptosia nina, family Pieridae, of Asia and Australasia.

Translations

Etymology 2

Shortened form of psychology, from French psychologie, from Latin psychologia, from Ancient Greek ???? (psukh?, “soul”) and -????? (-logía, “study of”)

Alternative forms

• psych

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa?k/
• Rhymes: -a?k

Noun

psyche (uncountable)

1. Abbreviation of psychology.

Interjection

psyche

1. (colloquial) Used abruptly after a sentence to indicate that the speaker is only joking.

Verb

psyche (third-person singular simple present psyches, present participle psyching, simple past and past participle psyched)

1. (transitive) To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind.
2. (transitive) To intimidate (someone) emotionally using psychology.
3. (transitive, informal) To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.

Translations

Further reading

• psyche in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• psyche in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin psych?, from Ancient Greek ???? (psukh?).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: psy?che

Noun

psyche f (plural psyches)

1. psyche, soul, spirit

Derived terms

• psychisch

Latin

Etymology

Transliteration of Ancient Greek ???? (psukh?, “soul, breath”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?psy.k?e?/, [?ps??k?e?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?psi.ke/, [?psi?k?]

Noun

psych? f (genitive psych?s); first declension

1. mind
2. spirit

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

English

Etymology

inter- +? psychic

Adjective

interpsychic (not comparable)

1. (psychology) Between psyches.
   • 2009, Ellen T. Kahn-Greene, Chronic vs. acute suicidal risk (page 19)

     In contrast, for individuals with an interpsychic focus, suicidality is often related to interpersonal struggles […]

Related terms

• intrapsychic