psychic
/ˈsaɪkɪk/US/ˈsaɪkɪk/
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psychic noun: a person who possesses, or appears to possess, extrasensory abilities such as clairvoyance, precognition and telepathy, as well as potentially interact externally using their minds or souls through telekinesis or teleportation, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supernatural influences.
Noun
psychic (plural psychics)
- A person who possesses, or appears to possess, extrasensory abilities such as clairvoyance, precognition and telepathy, as well as potentially interact externally using their minds or souls through telekinesis or teleportation, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supernatural influences.
- Synonyms:
- psych
- A person who supposedly contacts the dead; a medium.
- In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man, the second-highest type; a person focused on intellectual reality (the other two being hylic and pneumatic).
Adjective
psychic (comparative more psychic, superlative most psychic)
- Relating to or having the abilities of a psychic.
- You must be psychic—I was just about to say that.
- She is a psychic person—she hears messages from beyond.
- Relating to the psyche or mind, or to mental activity in general.
- 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...1913, Abraham Brill, transl., The Interpretation of Dreams, translation of original by Sigmund Freud
- 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
psychic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
psychic in Hindi
- psychic, mental, intellectual
- मानसी mānsī
psychic in Tamil
- இயல் இயக்க மீறிய ஆற்றல், உள்ளத்தின், உள்ளத்தில்
psychic in Urdu
- دماغی, نفسی, روحی
psychic in Bengali
- মানসিক, অতীন্দ্রিয় ক্ষমতাসম্পন্ন
More languagesFewer languages
- psychic in Malayalam
- അതീന്ദ്രീയ സ്വാധീനത്തിനു വിധേയനായ ആൾ, ആത്മീയ മാധ്യമം
- psychic in Kannada
- ಅತೀಂದ್ರಿಯ ಶಕ್ತಿಯ, ನಿಸರ್ಗಾತೀತ, ಪಾರಭೌತಿಕ, ಮನಸ್ಸಿನ ಯಾ ಆತ್ಮದ
- psychic in Indonesian
- cenayang
Examples of psychic in a sentence
- People claiming to be psychic may shoehorn an event into fulfillment of some vague past prediction.
- That shady trickster faked being a psychic advisor to spread misinformation and gain profit.
- This is an example of what magicians (and unfortunately phony psychics) call a "cold read".
Synonyms of psychic
Forms of psychic
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | psychics |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more psychic |
| superlative | most psychic |
Origin of psychic
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.
Words formed from psychic
- allopsychic
- antipsychic
- archeopsychic
- auditopsychic
- autopsychic
- biopsychic
- ethnopsychic
- exteropsychic
- extrapsychic
- galvanopsychic
- geopsychic
- interpsychic
- intrapsychic
- metapsychic
- neopsychic
- neuropsychic
- nonpsychic
- panpsychic
- parapsychic
- polypsychic
- psychically
- psychic bid
- psychic cost
- psychic death
- psychic driving
- psychic expenditure
- psychic income
- psychicism
- psychicist
- psychicity
- psychicly
- psychicness
- psychic numbing
- psychic photography
- psychic prayer
- psychic surgeon
- psychic surgery
- psychic vampire
- psyker
- somatopsychic
- telepsychic
- unpsychic
- visuopsychic
Phrases with psychic
Questions about psychic
- What does psychic mean?
- Psychic means a person who possesses, or appears to possess, extrasensory abilities such as clairvoyance, precognition and telepathy, as well as potentially interact externally using their minds or souls through telekinesis or teleportation, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supernatural influences.
- What is psychic in Hindi?
- Psychic in Hindi is मानसी (mānsī). See Psychic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is psychic?
- Psychic can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce psychic?
- Psychic is pronounced /ˈsaɪkɪk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of psychic?
- The plural of psychic is psychics.
Words near psychic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: psychic (page history and authors); मानसी (Hindi) (page history and authors); psychic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); psychic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); psychic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); psychic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); psychic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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