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   psychic

   /ˈsʌɪkɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or denoting faculties or phenomena that are apparently inexplicable by natural laws, especially involving telepathy or clairvoyance: "psychic powers" Similar supernaturalparanormalother-worldlysupernormalpreternaturalmetaphysicalextrasensorytranscendentalmagicmagicalmysticalmysticoccultrare:necromanticclairvoyanttelepathictelekineticspiritualisticwith second sightwith a sixth sense
   • ▪ appearing or considered to have powers of telepathy or clairvoyance: "I could sense it—I must be psychic"
   • 2. relating to the soul or mind: "he dulled his psychic pain with gin" Similar emotionalspiritualinnercognitivepsychologicalintellectualmentalpsychiatricpsychogenicrare:psychicalmindlyphrenic
   • 3. denoting a bid that deliberately misrepresents the bidder's hand, in order to mislead the opponents.

   noun

   • 1. a person considered or claiming to have psychic powers; a medium: "pier-end palmists and fake psychics"
   • ▪ the study of psychic phenomena: "the field of psychics"

   Word Origin mid 19th century: from Latin psychicus ‘relating to the soul’, from Greek psukhikos (see psyche1).

   Derivatives

   • 1. psychically adverb

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPSYCHIC | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   PSYCHIC definition: 1. having a special mental ability, for example so that you are able to know what will happen in…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of PSYCHIC is of or relating to the psyche : psychogenic. How to use psychic in a sentence.

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › PsychicPsychic - Wikipedia

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   A psychic is a person who claims to use powers rooted in parapsychology such as extrasensory perception (ESP) to identify information hidden from the normal senses, particularly involving telepathy or clairvoyance, or who performs acts that are apparently inexplicable by natural laws, such as psychokinesis or teleportation.

5. www.dictionary.com › browse › psychicPSYCHIC Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Psychic definition: of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental. . See examples of PSYCHIC used in a sentence.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryPSYCHIC | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   having a special mental ability, for example, so that you are able to know what will happen in the future or know what people are thinking: psychic powers. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › psychicPsychic - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   A psychic reads minds and predicts the future. If you were a psychic, you wouldn't have bothered reading this because you would have known what I was going to say. Psychic can also describe something that has to do with your mind more than your body.

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPSYCHIC definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   1. adjective. If you believe that someone is psychic or has psychic powers, you believe that they have strange mental powers, such as being able to read the minds of other people or to see into the future. Trevor helped police by using his psychic powers. Synonyms: supernatural, mystic, occult, clairvoyant More Synonyms of psychic.