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PSYCHICS

Definition: PSYCHICS

PSYCHICS

Noun

1. Psychology.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Synonyms within Context: PSYCHICS

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Intellect

Metaphysics; psychics, psychology; ideology; mental philosophy, moral philosophy; philosophy of the mind; pneumatology, phrenology; craniology, cranioscopy.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Commercial Usage: PSYCHICS

DomainTitle

Books

  • All Women Are Psychics (reference)

  • Border Radio: Quacks, Yodelers, Pitchmen, Psychics, and Other Amazing Broadcasters of the American Airwaves (reference)

  • Company of Prophets: African American Psychics, Healers and Visionaries (reference)

  • Psychic New York: A Guide to Astrologers, Tarot Readers, Psychics, Palmists, & Numerologists (reference)

  • Shopping for Miracles: A Guide to Psychics & Psychic Powers (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • ABC World of Discovery: Powers of Russian Psychics (reference)

  • Nova: Secrets of the Psychics (reference)

  • The Unexplained - Modern Psychics (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: PSYCHICS

"PSYCHICS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 84.00% of the time. "PSYCHICS" is used about 25 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)84%2176,261
Noun (singular)12%3202,518
Noun (proper)4%1339,140
                    Total100.00%25N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: PSYCHICS

Language Translations for "PSYCHICS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

psikologji (psychology). (various references)

   

German

  

Seelenkunde (psychology). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

lélektan (psychology). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

サーボ機構 (cermet, cum, cycasin, cycle, cyclic, cycling, cycling course, cyclist, psi, salmon, salmon pink, science, science fiction, scientific, scientist, scientology, Searle, semen, servomechanism, sialon, sirloin, sirloin steak, sperm, thermal printer, thermistor, thermoconcrete, thermoelement, thermometer, thermostat, thiabendazole), 心霊学 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

し"れいがく, サイキックス . (various references)

   

Manx

  

sheekoaylleeaght. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ychicspsay

   

Portuguese

  

psicologia (psychology). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

психология (psychology). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

psihologija (psychology). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: PSYCHICS

Misspellings

"PSYCHICS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: phychic, pshchics, pshycic, Psimhis, psychi, psychico, psycic, psycics, psyhic, Psykik, psysics, pyschic. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "PSYCHICS"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "PSYCHICS" (pronounced sī"kiks)
3-i k sacademics, acoustics, acrobatics, acrylics, aerobatics, aerobics, aerodynamics, aeronautics, aesthetics, affix, alcoholics, analgesics, analytics, anesthetics, anorexics, antibiotics, antics, apparatchiks, appendix, asthmatics, astronautics, astrophysics, athletics, atmospherics, attics, automatics, avionics, ballistics, basics, batiks, beatniks, bioethics, biologics, biophysics, bishoprics, calisthenics, Calix, calyx, catholics, ceramics, cervix, characteristics, charismatics, civics, classics, clerics, clinics, comics, conics, cosmetics, Criminalistics, critics, cynics, demographics, diabetics, diagnostics, diuretics, domestics, dynamics, eccentrics, econometrics, economics, electrics, electrodynamics, electronics, epics, epidemics, ergonomics, ethics, ethnics, eugenics, exotics, fabrics, fanatics, forensics, generics, genetics, geometrics, geopolitics, geriatrics, gimmicks, graphics, gymnastics, harmonics, helix, hemodynamics, heroics, hieroglyphics, histrionics, hydraulics, hypnotics, hysterics, informatics, ionics, italics, kibbutzniks, kinetics, limericks, linguistics, logistics, lyrics, macroeconomics, Magnetics, mathematics, matrix, mavericks, mechanics, medics, metaphysics, metrics, microeconomics, microelectronics, micrographics, mimics, mnemonics, mosaics, mystics, narcotics, Nucleonics, numismatics, obstetrics, onomastics, onyx, optics, orthodontics, oryx, panics, paramedics, Pediatrics, Phenix, Phoenix, phonetics, phonics, photovoltaics, physics, plastics, polemics, prefix, prosthetics, publics, pyrotechnics, refuseniks, relics, reprographics, republics, robotics, romantics, semantics, semiotics, skeptics, sonics, specifics, sputniks, statistics, stoics, suffix, synthetics, systematics, tactics, Technics, tectonics, theatrics, therapeutics, thermoplastics, tonics, topics, toxics, tropics, workaholics.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: PSYCHICS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-h-i-p-s-s-y"

-1 letter: physics, psychic.

-2 letters: physic, physis, psychs, scyphi.

-3 letters: chics, chips, cissy, hissy, psych, ships, spics, spicy, syphs.

-4 letters: chic, chip, chis, hips, hiss, hyps, ichs, phis, pics, pish, piss, psis, pyic, ship, sics, sips, spic, syph, yips.

-5 letters: chi, cis, hic, hip, his, hyp, ich, icy, phi, pic, pis, psi, shy, sic, sip, sis, spy.

 Words containing the letters "c-c-h-i-p-s-s-y"
 

+2 letters: psychotics.

 

+4 letters: microphysics, psychedelics, psychosocial, sycophancies.

 

+5 letters: cryptorchisms, physicalistic, psychasthenic, psychometrics, psychopathics, psychophysics, psychosomatic, psychotropics.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Usage Frequency
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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