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psychic.

A person who possesses, or appears to possess, extrasensory abilities such as clairvoyance, precognition and telepathy, as well as potentially interact externally using their minds or souls through telekinesis or teleportation, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supernatural influences.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsaɪkɪk/UK/ˈsaɪkɪk/Canada, US[ˈsʌɪkɪk]Canada, US/ˈsɑekɪk/Australia
  1. A person who possesses, or appears to possess, extrasensory abilities such as clairvoyance, precognition and telepathy, as well as potentially interact externally using their minds or souls through telekinesis or teleportation, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supernatural influences.

  2. A person who supposedly contacts the dead; a medium.

  3. In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man, the second-highest type; a person focused on intellectual reality (the other two being hylic and pneumatic).

Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós, “relative to the soul, spirit, mind”). Earlier referred to as "psychical"; or from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul, mind, psyche”). First appeared (as substantive) 1871 and first records 1895.

adj/ˈsaɪkɪk/UK/ˈsaɪkɪk/Canada, US[ˈsʌɪkɪk]Canada, US/ˈsɑekɪk/Australia
  1. Relating to or having the abilities of a psychic.

    You must be psychic—I was just about to say that.
    She is a psychic person—she hears messages from beyond.
  2. Relating to the psyche or mind, or to mental activity in general.

Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós, “relative to the soul, spirit, mind”). Earlier referred to as "psychical"; or from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul, mind, psyche”). First appeared (as substantive) 1871 and first records 1895.

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