Psychical

adj

adj ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Performed by or pertaining to the psyche (the mind, spirit, or both): mental, psychic. not-comparable

    "Who could say where the fleshly impulse ceased, or the psychical impulse began?"

  2. 2
    Pertaining to the animal nature of man, as opposed to the spirit. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Outside the realm of the physical; supernatural, psychic. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    outside the sphere of physical science wordnet
  2. 2
    affecting or influenced by the human mind wordnet

Synonyms

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mentalpsychicairyarcaneasomatousastral

Example

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"Those of us who took part in the foundation of the Society for Psychical Research were convinced from personal investigation and from the testimony of competent witnesses that, amidst much illusion and deception, there existed an important body of facts, hitherto unrecognised by science, which, if incontestably established, would be of supreme interest and importance."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós) + -al. By surface analysis, psyche + -ical.

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