psychic
psychic Lexical Profile
psychic Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Relating to or denoting faculties or phenomena that appear to be inexplicable by natural laws, especially involving telepathy or clairvoyance.
"She claimed to have psychic abilities that allowed her to foresee future events."
Relating to the human soul, mind, or psyche, as distinct from the physical body.
"The novel explores the deep psychic trauma experienced by survivors of the disaster."
• noun
A person considered or claiming to have extrasensory perception, such as telepathy, clairvoyance, or precognition.
"The family consulted a local psychic in hopes of finding the lost heirloom."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 17th century from Ancient Greek 'psychikos' ('of the soul or mind'), derived from 'psyche' ('breath, life, soul, mind'). The parapsychological sense referring to extrasensory perception emerged in the 1870s alongside the rise of Spiritualism.