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psychic death

psychic death noun: a stage in which a dying person begins to accept their death and as a result, withdraws from others and regresses into the self.

Noun

psychic death (countable and uncountable, plural psychic deaths)

  1. (analytical psychology) A stage in which a dying person begins to accept their death and as a result, withdraws from others and regresses into the self.

Forms of psychic death

pluralpsychic deaths

Questions about psychic death

What does psychic death mean?
Psychic death means a stage in which a dying person begins to accept their death and as a result, withdraws from others and regresses into the self.
What part of speech is psychic death?
Psychic death is a noun.
What is the plural of psychic death?
The plural of psychic death is psychic deaths.

Words near psychic death in the dictionary

  1. psychiatrizing
  2. psychiatry
  3. psychic
  4. psychic bid
  5. psychic bids
  6. psychic death
  7. psychic deaths
  8. psychic driving
  9. psychic numbing
  10. psychic photography
  11. psychic prayer

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