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outpsych, v. colloq. (chiefly U.S.).|aʊtˈsaɪk|
Also outpsyche, out-psyche.
[f. out- 18 + psych v.]
trans. To win a psychological advantage over (a rival); to defeat through psychological influence or intimidation; = psych out s.v. psych v. 3.
1974H. L. Foster Ribbin' vi. 251 Billy Jean King eventually outpsyched Riggs and beat him badly. 1976Smythies & Corbett Psychiatry xii. 228 If one party to a dispute learns that the other party is employing a psychiatrist, they may be motivated to employ one too, to avoid being out-psyched by the opposition. 1980Forbes (N.Y.) 24 Nov. 173/3 Old presidents like Rosenberg are supposed to have the ability to out-psych the vagaries of [the] market. 1984Washington Post 2 June a15/1 Each country tries to psyche out and out-psyche the other. To the best interpreter go the spoils. 1986Sunday Express Mag. 26 Oct. 15/3 It can be difficult to come down after the day-long adrenalin fix of trying to out-psyche the capitalist system.
Hence outˈpsyching vbl. n.
1982Sci. Amer. Aug. 10/1 The lovely thing about the game was how level on level of ‘outpsyching’ could pile up in our minds. 1987N.Y. Times 25 Oct. v. 13/2 The more ferocious the fight,..the wearing-down, the out-psyching, the approach to the knockout and the knockout itself, the more spellbinding the event. |