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psyches

psyches is the plural of psyche.

psyches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of psyche.

Meaning of psyche

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
  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.

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Questions about psyches

What is psyches the plural of?
Psyches is the plural of psyche.

Words near psyches in the dictionary

  1. psychedelicize
  2. psychedelicized
  3. psychedelicizes
  4. psychedelicizing
  5. psychedelics
  6. psyches
  7. Psychiana
  8. psychiater
  9. psychiaters
  10. psychiatria
  11. psychiatric

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