psychic

[ sahy-kik ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental.
2. Psychology. pertaining to or noting mental phenomena.
3. outside of natural or scientific knowledge; spiritual.
4. of or relating to some apparently nonphysical force or agency:

   psychic research;

   psychic phenomena.

5. sensitive to influences or forces of a nonphysical or supernatural nature.

noun

1. a person who is allegedly sensitive to psychic influences or forces; medium.

psychic

/ ˈsaɪkɪk /

adjective

1. 1. outside the possibilities defined by natural laws, as mental telepathy
   2. (of a person) sensitive to forces not recognized by natural laws
2. mental as opposed to physical; psychogenic
3. bridge (of a bid) based on less strength than would normally be required to make the bid

noun

1. a person who is sensitive to parapsychological forces or influences

Derived Forms

• ˈpsychical, adjective
• ˈpsychically, adverb

Other Words From

• psy·chi·cal·ly adverb
• in·ter·psy·chic adjective
• non·psy·chic adjective noun
• non·psy·chi·cal adjective
• un·psy·chic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of psychic¹

First recorded in 1855–60; from Greek psȳchikós “of the soul”; Psyche, -ic

Word History and Origins

Origin of psychic¹

C19: from Greek psukhikos of the soul or life

Example Sentences

I texted Debora and I said, “Are you a psychic witch? What is happening?”

From Los Angeles Times

“This psychic visited the Menendez home. Do you see what I see?” says the caption of one TikTok video that has been viewed more than 2.5 million times, as it zooms ever closer to an upstairs window to suggest a shadow of Jose Menendez’s face.

From Los Angeles Times

But this year, the jokes fail to capture the ongoing psychic damage Donald Trump and his allies are inflicting with their lie-laden appeals.

From Salon

Luckily, the same system that instigated mass disease and physical and psychic atrophy can invent a market for “clean eating,” the branded backlash against factory farming’s poisoning and genetic modification of your food and soil and water and air.

From Los Angeles Times

“It just seemed to have touched something in the psychic nerve of moviegoing audiences,” Neeson told People in an interview published Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• mental
• metaphysical
• psychological
• spiritual
• supernatural