psychic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Texas) audio
- (New-Jersey) audio
- /ˈsɑekɪk/ (Australia)
- /ˈsaɪkɪk/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈsaɪkɪk/ (Canada, US)
- [ˈsʌɪkɪk] (Canada, US) Canadian raising
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós, “relative to the soul, spirit, mind”). Earlier referred to as "psychical"; or from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul, mind, psyche”). First appeared (as substantive) 1871 and first records 1895.
Meanings
-
Relating to or having the abilities of a psychic.
You must be psychic—I was just about to say that.
Having exhausted the sporting adventures of this terrestrial globe, he is now turning to those of the dim, dark and dubious regions of psychic research.
1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:She is a psychic person—she hears messages from beyond.
-
Relating to the psyche or mind, or to mental activity in general.
Merely by comprehending this, the lack of support that black feminists have for being black feminists, white women might be able to give at least psychic and preferably practical support to black women who they know and not assume that it means the same thing for us to be feminists and lesbians as it does for them to be feminists and lesbians.
1979 August 25, Barbara Smith, “Black Feminists”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 6, page 4:A pathological process called 'psychiatrosis' may well be found, by the same methods, to be a delineable entity, with somatic correlates, and psychic mechanisms […]
1967, R. D. Laing, The Politics of Experience and the Bird of Paradise:In the following pages I shall demonstrate that there is a psychological technique which makes it possible to interpret dreams, and that on the application of this technique every dream will reveal itself as a psychological structure, full of significance, and one which may be assigned to a specific place in the psychic activities of the waking state.
1913, Abraham Brill, transl., The Interpretation of Dreams, translation of original by Sigmund Freud:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most psychic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more psychic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
interpsychic · nonpsychic · antipsychic · telepsychic · metapsychic · archeopsychic · ethnopsychic · psychicly · parapsychic · psychic bid · unpsychic · psychic vampire · somatopsychic · polypsychic · psychicist · psychic death · psychicity · geopsychic · auditopsychic · galvanopsychic · psychic cost · psyker · psychic numbing · intrapsychic · psychic photography · allopsychic · psychic prayer · visuopsychic · psychic income · psychicism · extrapsychic · psychic expenditure · psychicness · panpsychic · exteropsychic · autopsychic · psychically · neopsychic · psychic driving · psychic surgery · biopsychic · neuropsychic · psychic surgeon
Relateds
Translations (30)
pl metapsychiczny (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · pt psíquico (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · hu paranormális (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · sv synsk (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · hu telepatikus (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · be псыхі́чны (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · hu látnoki (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · hu médiumadottságokkal bíró (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · pl mediumistyczny (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · nb synsk (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · pt parapsíquico (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · pl psychiczny (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · fi psyykkinen (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · hu természetfeletti (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · ru экстрасенсо́рный (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · mk пси́хички (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · hu paraképességgel rendelkező (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · uk психі́чний (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · uk душе́вний (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · hu para- (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · mi whaiwhaiā (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · hu okkult (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · mk ду́шевен (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · ru телепати́ческий (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · be душэ́ўны (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · pl mediumiczny (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · bg психичен (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · hu mágikus (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · mi kauwaka (relating to the abilities of a psychic) · hu parafenomenális (relating to the abilities of a psychic)