psyche

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
16
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈsaɪ.ki/
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/ˈsaɪ.ki/ · /ˈsɑe.ki/ · [ˈsɑe̯.ki] · /ˈsaɪk/

Definition of psyche

8 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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

  1. 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.””
  2. The human mind as the central force in thought, emotion, and behavior of an individual.
  3. A small white butterfly, Leptosia nina, family Pieridae, of Asia and Australasia.
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable)Abbreviation of psychology.

intj

  1. (alt-of, alternative, colloquial)Alternative form of psych.

verb

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of psych.

name

  1. (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.
  2. 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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