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psyching

/ˈsaɪkɪŋ/

psyching is the present participle and gerund 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 psyching

What is psyching the present participle and gerund of?
Psyching is the present participle and gerund of psyche.
How do you pronounce psyching?
Psyching is pronounced /ˈsaɪkɪŋ/.

Words near psyching in the dictionary

  1. psychicness
  2. psychics
  3. psychid
  4. psychids
  5. psychill
  6. psyching
  7. psyching out
  8. psyching up
  9. psychism
  10. psychisms
  11. psychist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: psyching (page history and authors); psyche (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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