as in medium
a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead
a celebrity psychic who managed to convince at least some people that their deceased loved ones were using him to relay messages
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as in mystical
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as in telepathic
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Recent Examples of psychic
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2026
Around that time, Nick's sister, Maria, saw a psychic that revealed that the brother closest to her – which would be Nick – would have twins.
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Hannah Kirby,
jsonline.com,
6 Feb. 2026
Kiana Mickles,
Pitchfork,
15 June 2026
Meanwhile, Blunt’s Margaret, a TV meteorologist, one day develops psychic powers linked to those secrets.
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The Week Us,
TheWeek,
14 June 2026
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Noun
Sadie Sandler as Denise, a young psychic who gives a reading to Morgan.
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Joe Otterson,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2026
Around that time, Nick's sister, Maria, saw a psychic that revealed that the brother closest to her – which would be Nick – would have twins.
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Hannah Kirby,
jsonline.com,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
Blackened with volcanic rock and encircled by towering waves, the tumultuous scenery makes a vivid psychic landscape for So Help Me God, a rambling spell of ’70s-era soul and exuberant orchestral folk-pop that sweeps through the fog of heartbreak and the clarity of self-discovery.
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Kiana Mickles,
Pitchfork,
15 June 2026
Meanwhile, Blunt’s Margaret, a TV meteorologist, one day develops psychic powers linked to those secrets.
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The Week Us,
TheWeek,
14 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychic
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Taylor loves her Easter eggs, and there are rumors flying that Madison Square Garden is simply a bold ploy to redirect fans’ (and the media’s) attention away from where her true nuptials will be.
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The statement amounted to a complete submission to Thomas, who used her Tuesday media availability to blast Engelbert.
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That discipline is also why Elevate’s product development sounds less mystical than much of the wellness industry.
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As the story unfolds, the album’s central character, the Wizard, becomes alarmed that mystical creatures are dying out.
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The absolute key to France’s attack is the telepathic understanding brewing between Mbappé and Olise, whose combined trickery and close control are in perfect harmony.
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In this suspense thriller, Kipp — a telepathic Golden Retriever — is determined to protect Woody, a young non-verbal boy investigating the suspicious death of his father.
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For a brief and beautiful moment, Cary and I hoped Sister Elsie Peak would turn out to be named after Elsie Wheeler, a spiritualist medium whose own story relates to an astrological tool.
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Hungry for food, Suzanne wanders into the empty trailer of the carnival’s veteran spiritualist and winds up being mistaken for her.
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His guru, Ramakrishna, was a 19th-century mystic and spiritual teacher in Bengal whose teachings on the unity underlying all religions shaped the worldview Vivekananda would go on to spread globally.
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In Mozart’s opera, Tamino, a prince in a fairyland of mystic temples and mystifying gods, relies on his supernatural flute that turn sorrow into joy to get him out of jams.
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Humor can release the writer from values of the past, along with judgment and disapproval, and instead, humor can become the very conduit for re-thinking events.
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Nibert loved the free-thinking spirit of the village and its college.
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To come in the presence of an artist who was such a channeler of spirit through their work is such a privilege.
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In both the real and metaphysical locations of the show, the backgrounds are all painted by hand, something which was pointed out took up a lot of time due to the number of paintings in the show and due to the number of montages.
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In the 18th century Samuel Johnson coined the term metaphysical poets to criticize Donne, John Cleveland, and Abraham Cowley.
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“Psychic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychic. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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