Psychic
/ˈsaɪkɪk/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities such as precognition, clairvoyance, and telepathy, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supernatural influences.
- 2 a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception wordnet
- 3 A person who supposedly contacts the dead; a medium.
- 4 In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the second type; a person focused on intellectual reality (the other two being hylic and pneumatic).
Adjective
- 1 Relating to or having the abilities of a psychic.
"You must be psychic—I was just about to say that."
- 2 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 specific place in the psychic activities of the waking state."
Adjective
- 1 outside the sphere of physical science wordnet
- 2 affecting or influenced by the human mind wordnet
Example
More examples"He should be a psychic detective."
Etymology
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.