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psychic
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????? (psukhikós, “relative to the soul, spirit, mind”). Earlier referred to as "psychical"; or from Ancient Greek ???? (psukh?, “soul, mind, psyche”). First appeared (as substantive) 1871 and first records 1895.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sa?k?k/
- Rhymes: -a?k?k
Noun
psychic (plural psychics)
- A person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities such as precognition, clairvoyance and telepathy, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supernatural influences.
- (parapsychology) A person who supposedly contacts the dead; a medium.
- (Gnosticism) In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the second type; a person focused on intellectual reality (the other two being hylic and pneumatic).
Translations
Adjective
psychic (comparative more psychic, superlative most psychic)
- Relating to or having the abilities of a psychic.
- Relating to the psyche or mind, or to mental activity in general.
Translations
Derived terms
- psychic cost
- psychic expenditure
- psychic income
Related terms
- psychical
- psychological
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parapsychology
English
Etymology
From para- (after paranormal) + psychology.
Pronunciation
- (Canada) IPA(key): /?p????sa??k?l?d?i/
Noun
parapsychology (countable and uncountable, plural parapsychologies)
- The study of that which cannot yet be explained; psychic or occult phenomena, such as telepathy and ghosts.
See also
- metaphysics
- paranormal
Translations
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