释义
[ sahy -kik ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈsaɪ kɪk / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective Also psy·chi·cal. of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
Psychology . pertaining to or noting mental phenomena.
outside of natural or scientific knowledge; spiritual.
of or relating to some apparently nonphysical force or agency: psychic research; psychic phenomena.
sensitive to influences or forces of a nonphysical or supernatural nature.
noun a person who is allegedly sensitive to psychic influences or forces; medium.
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Origin of psychic First recorded in 1855–60, psychic is from the Greek word psȳchikós of the soul. See Psyche, -ic
OTHER WORDS FROM psychic psy·chi·cal·ly, adverb in·ter·psy·chic, adjective non·psy·chic, adjective, noun non·psy·chi·cal, adjective
non·psy·chi·cal·ly, adverb un·psy·chic, adjective un·psy·chi·cal·ly, adverb
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Words nearby psychic psychiatric, psychiatric hospital, psychiatric social worker, psychiatrist, psychiatry, psychic , psychic bid, psychic determinism, psychic distance, psychic energizer, psychic energy
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Example sentences from the Web for psychic Celebrate together with a group of five to ten and your very own psychic .
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Brown gave no sign of concern, as if he had suddenly suffered some psychic disconnect from consequences.
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But, his psychic performance in the British Empire was about as underwhelming as England's in the World Cup.
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One August day she left her psychic 's office in tears, we heard, because the woman had warned her to stay away from Dodi Fayed.
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The Oberhausen aquarium erected a memorial of the psychic octopus with a golden urn containing his ashes.
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Everything about the game, from its actual strategy to its psychic rhythms, revolved around him.
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Such are a few of the questions which the psychic student might ask himself, and which certainly call for solution.
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Also the sense of sacred trust placed in her hands made her refrain from any psychic probing.
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As the finer forms of nature are always the most powerful, so is the psychic man more potent than the physical man.
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Thus it becomes more certain that the unconscious in our psychic life is the infantile.
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis | Sigmund Freud
In short, these are general principles, and must therefore underlie all forms and phases of mental or psychic influence.
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British Dictionary definitions for psychic adjective outside the possibilities defined by natural laws, as mental telepathy (of a person) sensitive to forces not recognized by natural laws mental as opposed to physical; psychogenic
bridge (of a bid) based on less strength than would normally be required to make the bid
noun a person who is sensitive to parapsychological forces or influences
Derived forms of psychic psychical , adjective psychically , adverb Word Origin for psychic C19: from Greek psukhikos of the soul or life
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Medical definitions for psychic adj. Of, relating to, affecting, or influenced by the human mind or psyche; mental.
Capable of extraordinary mental processes, such as extrasensory perception and mental telepathy.
Of or relating to such mental processes.
n. A person apparently responsive to psychic forces.
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