psychic
Etymology
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ψυχικός.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˈsaɪkɪk/
psychic (plural psychics)
- 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.
- (parapsychology) A person who supposedly contacts the dead; a medium.
- (gnosticism) In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the second type; a person focused on intellectual reality (the other two being hylic and pneumatic).
- French: voyant
- German: Mentalist, Hellseher, Mensch mit außersinnlicher Wahrnehmung
- Italian: sensitivo
- Portuguese: sensitivo
- Russian: экстрасе́нс
psychic
- Relating to or having the abilities of a psychic.
- You must be psychic—I was just about to say that.
- She is a psychic person—she hears messages from beyond.
- 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
- Having exhausted the sporting adventures of this terrestrial globe, he is now turning to those of the dim, dark and dubious regions of psychic research.
- Relating to the psyche or mind, or to mental activity in general.
- Portuguese: parapsíquico, psíquico
- Russian: телепати́ческий
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