Definition of PSYCHIC

psychic

Meanings

Plural: psychics

Noun

  • a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception
  • 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.
  • A person who supposedly contacts the dead; a medium.
  • 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 Satellite

  • affecting or influenced by the human mind
    • "psychic energy"
    • "psychic trauma"
  • outside the sphere of physical science
    • "psychic phenomena"

Adj

  • Relating to or having the abilities of a psychic.
  • Relating to the psyche or mind, or to mental activity in general.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

psychical

Scrabble Score: 19

psychic is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
psychic is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 20

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