psychic

/ˈsaɪkɪk/

/ˈsaɪkɪk/

Other forms: psychics

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. You weren't physically harmed when your favorite team lost the championship game, but the psychic pain was considerable. Psychic comes from a Greek word meaning “breath” and “soul”: psychic matters are often felt but not seen.

Definitions of psychic

1. noun

   a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception
   types:

   clairvoyant

   someone who has the power of clairvoyance

   medium, sensitive, spiritualist

   someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead

   spirit rapper

   someone who claims to receive messages from the dead in the form of raps on a table

   type of:

   occultist

   a believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts
2. adjective

   affecting or influenced by the human mind
   “psychic energy”

   “psychic trauma”

   synonyms: psychical

   mental

   involving the mind or an intellectual process
3. adjective

   outside the sphere of physical science
   “psychic phenomena”

   synonyms: psychical

   paranormal

   not in accordance with scientific laws
4. adjective

   perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
   synonyms: clairvoyant

   extrasensory, paranormal

   seemingly outside normal sensory channels