psychic

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikos, “relative to the soul, spirit, mind”). Earlier referred to as "psychical"; or from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhē, “soul, mind, psyche”). First appeared (as substantive) 1871 and first records 1895.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪkɪk

Noun

psychic (plural psychics)

1. 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 influence.
2. A person who supposedly contacts the dead. A medium.
3. (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).

Translations

a person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities

• Finnish: psyykikko (fi)
• Japanese: 霊媒 (れいばい, reibai) lit. "spiritualist medium"

• Portugiesisch: sensitivo (pt)
• Russian: экстрасенс (ru) (ekstrasɛ́ns) m, телепат (ru) (telepát) m

a person who contacts the dead

• Czech: médium (cs) m
• Finnish: meedio (fi)
• French: médium (fr) m
• Hungarian: médium (hu)
• Japanese: 霊媒 (れいばい, reibai) lit. "spiritualist medium"

• Norwegian: medium (no) n
• Polish: medium (pl) n
• Portugiesisch: sensitivo (pt), médium (pt)
• Russian: медиум (ru) (médium) m

person focused on intellectual reality

• Norwegian: psykiker m

Adjective

psychic (comparative more psychic, superlative most psychic)

1. Relating to 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.

Translations

relating to the abilities of a psychic

• Finnish: psyykkinen (fi)
• Japanese: 霊媒 (れいばい, reibai) lit. "Spirit(ualist) medium"

• Polish: psychiczny, metapsychiczny, (slang) mediumiczny, (slang) mediumistyczny
• Portugiesisch: parapsíquico (pt), psíquico (pt)

Related terms

• psychical
• psychological