| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | psy·chic |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s  k k |
| NOUN: | 1. A person apparently responsive to psychic forces. 2. See medium (sense 6). | | ADJECTIVE: | also psy·chi·cal (-k-k l) 1. Of, relating to, affecting, or influenced by the human mind or psyche; mental: psychic trauma; psychic energy. 2a. Capable of extraordinary mental processes, such as extrasensory perception and mental telepathy. b. Of or relating to such mental processes. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Greek ps khikos, of the soul, from pskh , soul. See bhes- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | psychi·cal·ly —ADVERB
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