psychic


2psychic

noun

Definition of PSYCHIC

1
a : a person apparently sensitive to nonphysical forces b : medium 2d
2
: psychic phenomena

Examples of PSYCHIC

  1. She claims to be a psychic.
  2. <a TV psychic who managed to convince at least some people that their deceased loved ones were using him to relay messages>

First Known Use of PSYCHIC

1871

Other Psychology Terms

fetish, hypochondria, intelligence, mania, narcissism, neurosis, pathological, psychosis, schadenfreude, subliminal

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