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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 |