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psychic

The correct spelling is psychic.

How to pronounce psychic

noun

IPA: /ˈsaɪkɪk/

Say it like: Psy-chi-c

The correct spelling is psychic. A person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities such as precognition, clairvoyance and telepathy, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supern… For example: "She is a psychic person—she hears messages from beyond."

Usage Examples

She is a psychic person—she hears messages from beyond.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities such as precognition, clairvoyance and telepathy, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supernatural influence.
  2. 2.A person who supposedly contacts the dead; a medium.
  3. 3.(gnosticism) In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the second type; a person focused on intellectual reality (the other two being hylic and pneumatic).

adjective

  1. 1.Relating to or having the abilities of a psychic.
  2. 2.Relating to the psyche or mind, or to mental activity in general.

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