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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024psy•che /ˈsaɪki/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- the human soul, spirit, or mind.
- Psychiatrythe mental or psychological structure of a person.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024psyche (sīk),USA pronunciation v.t. psyched, psych•ing. - Informal Termspsych1.
Psy•che (sī′kē),USA pronunciation n. - Mythology[Class. Myth.]a personification of the soul, which in the form of a beautiful girl was loved by Eros.
- (l.c.) the human soul, spirit, or mind.
- Psychiatry(l.c.) Psychoanal. the mental or psychological structure of a person, esp. as a motive force.
- Philosophy[Neoplatonism.]the second emanation of the One, regarded as a universal consciousness and as the animating principle of the world.
- a female given name.
- Greek psȳché̄ literally, breath, derivative of psý̄chein to breathe, blow, hence, live (see psycho-)
- Latin psȳchē
- 1650–60 for def. 2
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: psyche /ˈsaɪkɪ/ n - the human mind or soul
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin, from Greek psukhē breath, soul; related to Greek psukhein to breathe psych1 /saɪk/USA pronunciation v. [Informal.]- Informal Termsto frighten or cause a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety in the mind: [~ + object (+ out)]The tall player on their team was trying to psych our players (out).[~ (+ out) + object]to psych (out) the other team.
- Informal Termsto prepare (oneself or another) to be in the right frame of mind or to do one's best: [~ + object]was psyched and ready to go.[~ + oneself + up]psyching himself up to propose.[~ + up + object]The coach tried to psych up the team.[~ + object + up]to psych the team up before the game.
- to figure out ahead of time:[~ (+ out) + object]trying to psych out which day he'd give the test.
psych., an abbreviation of:- Psychologypsychologist.
- Psychologypsychology.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024psych1 (sīk),USA pronunciation v.t. [Informal.]- Informal Termsto intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often fol. by out):to psych out the competition.
- Informal Termsto prepare psychologically to be in the right frame of mind or to give one's best (often fol. by up):to psych oneself up for an interview.
- Informal Termsto figure out psychologically;
decipher (often fol. by out):to psych out a problem.
Also, psyche. - 1915–20 in earlier sense "to subject to psychoanalysis''; origin, originally a shortening of psychoanalyze; in later use (especially in defs. 1 and 2) perh. independent use of psych-
- Informal Termspsychology, esp. as a course or field of study:She took two semesters of psych in college.
psych-, - var. of psycho- before some vowels:psychasthenia.
psych., - Psychologypsychological.
- psychologist.
- Psychologypsychology.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Psyche /ˈsaɪkɪ/ n - a beautiful girl loved by Eros (Cupid), who became the personification of the soul
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: psych, psyche /saɪk/ vb - (transitive) informal to psychoanalyse
See also psych out, psych up
Etymology: 20th Century: shortened from psychoanalyse |