psyche
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Definition of psyche
8 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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The human soul, mind, or spirit.
“I've been driving in L.A. / And the world, it feels too big / Like a floating ball that's bound to break / Snap my psyche like a twig”
“We feel we have been victimised over the centuries. It’s part of our psyche – underneath it all we side with the underdog.””
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noun
-
The human soul, mind, or spirit.
“I've been driving in L.A. / And the world, it feels too big / Like a floating ball that's bound to break / Snap my psyche like a twig”
“We feel we have been victimised over the centuries. It’s part of our psyche – underneath it all we side with the underdog.””
- The human mind as the central force in thought, emotion, and behavior of an individual.
- A small white butterfly, Leptosia nina, family Pieridae, of Asia and Australasia.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable)Abbreviation of psychology.
intj
- (alt-of, alternative, colloquial)Alternative form of psych.
verb
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of psych.
name
- (Greco-Roman)The personification of the soul. Originally a mortal princess who later married Eros/Cupid, (the god of love), was deified, and bore him a daughter, Hedone/Voluptas.
- 16 Psyche, a main belt asteroid
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin psychē, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).
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