psyche
nounCA, US, UK /ˈsaɪ.ki/ · AU /ˈsɑe.ki/
Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin psychē, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).
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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 twig2022 January 28, Em Beihold, Nick Lopez, Dru DeCaro, “Numb Little Bug”, in Egg in the Backseat, performed by Em Beihold:
- We feel we have been victimised over the centuries. It’s part of our psyche – underneath it all we side with the underdog.”2023 November 20, Rory Carroll, Lisa O'Carroll, “‘It’s part of our psyche’: why Ireland sides with ‘underdog’ Palestine”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
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Human sciences, Psychology, Sciences The human mind as the central force in thought, emotion, and behavior of an individual.
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A small white butterfly, Leptosia nina, family Pieridae, of Asia and Australasia.
- Derived terms
- anthropopsychism, psychal, tachypsychia