psychic
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental.
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Psychology. pertaining to or noting mental phenomena.
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outside of natural or scientific knowledge; spiritual.
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of or relating to some apparently nonphysical force or agency.
psychic research;
psychic phenomena.
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sensitive to influences or forces of a nonphysical or supernatural nature.
noun
adjective
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outside the possibilities defined by natural laws, as mental telepathy
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(of a person) sensitive to forces not recognized by natural laws
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mental as opposed to physical; psychogenic
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bridge (of a bid) based on less strength than would normally be required to make the bid
noun
Other Word Forms
- interpsychic adjective
- nonpsychic adjective
- nonpsychical adjective
- psychical adjective
- psychically adverb
- unpsychic adjective
Etymology
Origin of psychic
First recorded in 1855–60; from Greek psȳchikós “of the soul”; Psyche, -ic
Example Sentences
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Framing the existing situation, e.g., if a medium or psychic says something is moving, people expect, and are more likely to experience, motion.
From Literature
I’m a really instinctual person and I get feelings — I feel like I’m a little psychic.
From Los Angeles Times
Cake, it turns out, carries a lot of psychic weight.
From Salon
After the World Trade Center bombing in 1993, Pratt told the Oklahoman newspaper that the FBI asked him to sketch a potential suspect from a description by a psychic.
Video clips later published by McGill University’s Office for Science and Society show Mercola telling the psychic that he wants to “destroy the veterinary industry.”
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