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psyche

/ˈsaɪ.ki/

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Australia/ˈsɑe.ki/

psyche noun: the human soul, mind, or spirit. Also the abbreviation of psychology.

Noun

psyche (plural psyches)

  1. The human soul, mind, or spirit.
    • I've been driving in L.A. / And the world, it feels too big / Like a floating ball that's bound to break / Snap my psyche like a twig2022 January 28, Em Beihold, Nick Lopez, Dru DeCaro, “Numb Little Bug”, in Egg in the Backseat, performed by Em Beihold
    • We feel we have been victimised over the centuries. It’s part of our psyche – underneath it all we side with the underdog.”2023 November 20, Rory Carroll, Lisa O'Carroll, “‘It’s part of our psyche’: why Ireland sides with ‘underdog’ Palestine”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  2. 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.

Proper noun capitalized: Psyche

Psyche

  1. (Greco-Roman) The personification of the soul. Originally a mortal princess who later married Eros/Cupid, (the god of love), was deified, and bore him a daughter, Hedone/Voluptas.
  2. 16 Psyche, a main belt asteroid

Also used as

psyche is also the abbreviation of psychology.

psyche is also the alternative form of psych.

psyche meaning in Persian and Vietnamese

psyche in Persian

the human soul, mind, or spirit
روان ravān

psyche in Vietnamese

the human soul, mind, or spirit
tâm, tinh thần, tâm trí

Examples of psyche in a sentence

  • The ego as an organ which seeks to synthesize thoughts in the psyche is said to be driven by libido or eros.
  • I don’t think I have a persona or an ego or a psyche.
  • To be Supereternally Superblessed by Superconscious free psyche and Subinfinitely Subcursed by Subsensuous free soma in Metaphysics.

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Forms of psyche

Noun
pluralpsyches
alternative formpsych
Verb
third-person singular presentpsyches
present participlepsyching
past participlepsyched
pastpsyched

Plural of psyche: psyches

Origin of psyche

Learned borrowing from Latin psychē, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).

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

From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, literally “Soul, Spirit”).

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Words that rhyme with psyche

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Questions about psyche

What does psyche mean?
Psyche means the human soul, mind, or spirit.
What is psyche in Persian?
Psyche in Persian is روان (ravān). See Psyche meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is psyche?
Psyche can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce psyche?
Psyche is pronounced /ˈsaɪ.ki/ (UK).
What is the plural of psyche?
The plural of psyche is psyches.

Words near psyche in the dictionary

  1. psychanalytically
  2. psychasthenia
  3. psychasthenias
  4. psychasthenic
  5. psychasthenics
  6. psyche
  7. Psyche knot
  8. Psyche knots
  9. Psychean
  10. psyched
  11. psyched out

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