Psychic

Definition: Psychic

Psychic

Adjective

1. Pertaining to forces or mental processes outside the possibilities defined by natural or scientific laws; "psychic reader"; "psychical research".

2. Affecting or influenced by the human mind; "psychic energy"; "psychic trauma".

3. Outside the sphere of physical science; "psychic phenomena".

Noun

1. A person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "psychic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references)

Health

Medicine

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

Synonym: Psychic

Crosswords: Psychic

C'mon, what kind of psychic are you? (The Dead Zone; writing credit: Aleksandar Djordjevic)

No respected psychic will come on this show. (Ghostbusters II; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.)

I'm smart, not psychic. (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette)

I mean, it's note like you're a slacker type, but -- Oh, oh! When I had psychic power I heard my mom think that you were like a stevedore during sex. Do you want me to continue? (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

The blind are reputed to possess sensitivities compensating for their lack of sight, even to the point of developing paranormal psychic powers. (O Brother, Where Art Thou?; writing credit: Ethan Coen)

Psychic spies from China (Californication; performing artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers)

I almost had a psychic girlfriend, but she left me before we met. (references; author: unknown)

The Psychic (1968)

Darth Vader's Psychic Hotline (2002)

Psychic Television (1999)

Kenny Kingston Psychic Hotline (1995)

Psychic Detectives (1992)

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Books

• The Psychic Grid: How We Create the World We Know (reference)

• One Last Time: A Psychic Medium Speaks to Those We Have Loved and Lost (reference)

• May the Angels Be With You: A Psychic Helps You Find Your Spirit Guides and Your True Purpose (reference)

• Past Lives, Future Healing: A Psychic Reveals the Secrets to Good Health and Great Relationships (reference)

• Psychic Development for Beginners: An Easy Guide to Releasing and Developing Your Psychic Abilities (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Pokemon - Psychic Surprise (Vol. 7) (reference)

• Psychic Killer (reference)

• Psychic TV: Time's Up Live (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Psychic Hearts (reference)

• Psychic Karaoke (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Psychic Force 2012 (reference)

• Psychic World (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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The spirit Indian appeared when the psychic photographer, Robert Chaney, took a picture of the stone Indian. Credit: Library of Congress.

Houdini exposes psychic fraud. Credit: Library of Congress.

That brilliant psychic star, Newmann the Great. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

Health

Clinical manifestations include abnormal motor, sensory and psychic phenomena. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "psychic": cortical psychic blindness ♦ LeShan psychic training ♦ psychic adviser ♦ psychic blindness ♦ psychic communication ♦ Psychic dentistry ♦ psychic dependence ♦ psychic energy ♦ Psychic healing ♦ psychic income ♦ Psychic Magic ♦ psychic phenomena ♦ psychic phenomenon ♦ psychic shock ♦ Psychic surgery. Additional references.

Beginning with "psychic": Psychic-intuitive, psychic-type.

Ending with "psychic": non-psychic, super-psychic.

Albanian

psikik (mental, psychical), telepatik (psychical, telepathic), mendor (intellective, intellectual, mental, psychical). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نفسي (myself, psychological, psychosomatic, self). (various references)

Bulgarian 

със способности на медиум, медиум (medium), психически (psychical), душевен (internal, mental, psychical). (various references)

Chinese 

精神 (mental, spirit, spirits, spiritual). (various references)

Czech

psychický (psychical), duševní (mental). (various references)

Danish

psykisk (phychic). (various references)

Dutch

psychisch (emotional, mental). (various references)

Esperanto

psika. (various references)

Farsi 

پدیده روحی , واسطه (Gobetween, Intermediate, Medium, Middleman), ذهنی (Intellectual, Intrinsic, Subjective), روحی (Inner, Intrinsic, Mental, Numinous, Spiritual), روانی (Bolubility, Flow, Freedom, Mental, Versatility). (various references)

Finnish

psyykkinen (mental), sielullinen (mental). (various references)

French

psychique (psychical, psychological). (various references)

Frisian

psychysk. (various references)

German

psychisch (emotional, psychical, psychological, psychologically), seelisch (emotional, mental, psychological, psychologically, spiritual). (various references)

Greek 

μέντιουμ (medium, spirit rapper), ψυχικόσ (mental, spiritual). (various references)

Hebrew 

פסיכי, � פשי (cordial, mental, psychological, spiritual). (various references)

Hungarian

pszichikai (psychical), médium, lelki (distemper, exaltation, ghostly, inward, pneumatic, psychical, spiritual, to read the riot act to sy). (various references)

Indonesian

waskita (clairvoyant). (various references)

Italian

psichico (mental, psychical). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

超能力 (ESP, psi, psychic ability), 心霊現象 (psychic phenomenon), 心霊手�" (psychic surgery). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

し�"れい�'�"しょう (psychic phenomenon), し�"れいてじゅつ (psychic surgery), ちょうのうりょく (ESP, psi, psychic ability). (various references)

Korean 

심� �. (various references)

Manx

sheekagh (psychical), quaaie (psychical, queer, strange), quaagh (alien, aloof, foreign, ghostly, odd, peculiar, psychical, quaint, strange, supernatural, uncanny, weird). (various references)

Pig Latin

ychicpsay

Portuguese

psíquico (psychical). (various references)

Romanian

psihologie (psychology), psihic (head, mental). (various references)

Russian 

обладающий телепатией, духовный (clerical, clerkly, ecclesiastical, ghostly, inward, moral, noetic, otherworldly, sacred, spiritual, unworldly). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

psihički (psychical), spiritistički (psychical). (various references)

Spanish

psíquico (mental, psychical). (various references)

Swedish

psykisk (psychical, psychological, psycological). (various references)

Turkish

psişik (psychical), parapsikolojik, ruhsal (inner, mental, psychical, psychologic, psychological, spiritual), ruhani (disembodied, ethereal, ghostlike, ghostly, hiero-, immaterial, spiritual, unworldly), medyum (medium, psychic adviser). (various references)

Ukrainian

медіум, психічний (mental, psychical), духовний (clerical, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical, ghostly, inward, sacred, spiritual, unworldly), душевний (internal, psychical). (various references)

Vietnamese 

b� đ�"ng (pythoness, sibyl, sybil), ông đ�"ng (sufi). (various references)

psykhikos. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "psychic": psychical, psychically, psychics. (additional references)

Words ending with "psychic": interpsychic, intrapsychic. (additional references)

Words containing "psychic": intrapsychically. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Psychic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aptychi, boychik, phychic, pshycic, Psimhis, psychi, psychia, psychico, psychie, psychil, psychoic, psychy, psycic, psyhic, Psykik, psysic, pyschic. (additional references)

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: physic, scyphi.

-2 letters: chics, chips, psych, spicy.

-3 letters: chic, chip, chis, hips, hyps, ichs, phis, pics, pish, pyic, ship, spic, syph, yips.

-4 letters: chi, cis, hic, hip, his, hyp, ich, icy, phi, pic, pis, psi, shy, sic, sip, spy, yip.

-5 letters: hi, is, pi, sh, si.

+1 letter: psychics.

+2 letters: psychical, psychotic.

+3 letters: psychotics.

+4 letters: hygroscopic, psychedelic, psychiatric, psychically, psychogenic, psychologic, sycophantic.

+5 letters: cryptorchids, cryptorchism, hypercritics, hypocoristic, hypocycloids, interpsychic, intrapsychic, microphysics, nonpsychotic, phenocrystic, phycocyanins, physiocratic, polytechnics, psychedelics, psychoactive, psychometric, psychopathic, psychosocial, psychotropic, pyrotechnics, sycophancies.