Definition of Psichic
{ Psy"chic (?), Psy"chic*al (?), }
a. [L. psychicus, Gr. &?;, fr.
psychh` the soul, mind; cf. &?; to blow: cf. F.
psychique.] 1. Of or pertaining to the
human soul, or to the living principle in man.
&fist; This term was formerly used to express the same idea as
psychological. Recent metaphysicians, however, have employed it
to mark the difference between psychh` the living principle
in man, and pney^ma the rational or spiritual part of his
nature. In this use, the word describes the human soul in its relation
to sense, appetite, and the outer visible world, as distinguished from
spiritual or rational faculties, which have to do with the
supersensible world.
Heyse.
2. Of or pertaining to the mind, or its
functions and diseases; mental; -- contrasted with
physical.
Psychical blindness, Psychical
deafness (Med.), forms of nervous disease in
which, while the senses of sight and hearing remain unimpaired, the
mind fails to appreciate the significance of the sounds heard or the
images seen. -- Psychical contagion, the
transference of disease, especially of a functional nervous disease,
by mere force of example. -- Psychical
medicine, that department of medicine which treats of
mental diseases.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A person who supposedly contacts the dead. A medium.
- Relating to the abilities of a psychic, eg, a psychic person.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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