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psych-
psych-pref. Variant of psycho-.psych (saɪk)
v.t. Informal. 1. to intimidate or frighten psychologically (often fol. by out). 2. to prepare psychologically to be in the right frame of mind or to give one's best (often fol. by up). 3. to figure out; decipher (often fol. by out). [1915–20; orig. a shortening of psychoanalyze; in later use perhaps independent use of psych-] psych- var. of psycho- before vowels: psychiatry. psych. 1. psychological. 2. psychologist. 3. psychology. psych-
psych(o)- word element [Gr.], mind.psycho- , psych-psyche- Do not confuse this combining form with psychro-. Although p in the diphthong ps is normally silent only at the beginning of a word, by long tradition the p usually remains silent even within a word when it occurs in the combining form psych-, as in antipsychotic and neuropsychiatric.The mind; mental; psychological. [G. psychē, soul, mind] psycho- , psych- , psyche-Combining forms denoting the mind; mental; psychological. [G. psychē, soul, mind]psych- Prefix denoting mind, mental, psyche.ThesaurusSeepsych |