psychical
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Ancient Greek ψυχικός + -al.
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
psychical (not comparable)
- Performed by or pertaining to the mind or spirit; mental, psychic. [from 17th c.]
- 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage 2007, p. 53:
- Who could say where the fleshly impulse ceased, or the psychical impulse began?
- 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage 2007, p. 53:
- (theology) Pertaining to the animal nature of man, as opposed to the spirit. [from 18th c.]
- Outside the realm of the physical; supernatural, psychic. [from 19th c.]
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Translations [edit]
pertaining to the mind; mental
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pertaining to the animal nature of man
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outside the realm of the physical
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