Definition of psychic

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psy·chic    (skk) KEY 

NOUN:

1. A person apparently responsive to psychic forces.
2. See medium.

ADJECTIVE:
also psy·chi·cal  (-k-kl) KEY 

1. Of, relating to, affecting, or influenced by the human mind or psyche; mental: psychic trauma; psychic energy.
2. 1. Capable of extraordinary mental processes, such as extrasensory perception and mental telepathy.
   2. Of or relating to such mental processes.

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ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek pskhikos, of the soul, from pskh, soul; see bhes- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
psychi·cal·ly(Adverb)