Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - psychic
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Psychic
psychic
~1 adj no comparative 1 also psychical connected with mysterious events involving the power of the human mind (psychic phenomena | psychic research) 2 having the ability to know what other people are thinking or what will happen in the future (How did you know I was here? You must be psychic!) (- compare clairvoyant) 3 also psychical affecting the mind rather than the body (psychic disorders) - psychically adv ~2 n someone who has mysterious powers, especially the ability to receive messages from dead people
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(psychics) 1. 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. ADJ • A psychic is someone who seems to be psychic. N-COUNT 2. Psychic means relating to ghosts and the spirits of the dead. He declared his total disbelief in psychic phenomena. ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adjective also ~al Etymology: Greek psychikos of the soul, from psyche soul Date: 1642 1. of or relating to the psyche ; psychogenic 2. lying outside the sphere of physical science or knowledge ; immaterial, moral, or spiritual in origin or force 3. sensitive to nonphysical or supernatural forces and influences ; marked by extraordinary or mysterious sensitivity, perception, or understanding • ~ally adverb II. noun Date: 1871 1. a. a person apparently sensitive to nonphysical forces b. medium 2d 2. ~ phenomena ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. & n. --adj. 1 a (of a person) considered to have occult powers, such as telepathy, clairvoyance, etc. b (of a faculty, phenomenon, etc.) inexplicable by natural laws. 2 of the soul or mind. 3 Bridge (of a bid) made on the basis of a hand not usually considered strong enough to support it. --n. 1 a person considered to have psychic powers; a medium. 2 Bridge a psychic bid. 3 (in pl.) the study of psychic phenomena. Etymology: Gk psukhikos (as PSYCHE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. медиум 2. экстрасенс 3. парапсихологические явления 4. карт. блеф 5. духовный 6. психический, душевный psychic treatment —- психотерапия 7. сверхъестественный; парапсихологический 8. обладающий сверхъестественным восприятием, чувствительностью; экстрасенсорный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. adj. 1) духовный 2) психический 3) обладающий телепатией, телекинезом и т.п. 2. noun медиум ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1871, from Gk. psykhikos "of the soul, spirit, or mind," from psykhe- "soul, mind" (see psyche). Meaning "characterized by psychic gifts" first recorded 1895. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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