psychic
/ˈsaɪkɪk/·사이킥·adjective
relating to the mind or supernatural mental abilities
GreekCEFR B2
Root
Greek 'psychikos' (of the soul), from 'psyche' (soul)
Greek psyche (soul) → psychikos (of the soul) → English psychic (mid-19th c., when interest in spiritualism rose)
In a word
Greek psychikos = 'of the soul'. The word was lifted back into English in the mid-19th century when British spiritualism took off. Within the psych family, psychic splits two ways — mental: psychic damage, psychic stress. supernatural: psychic powers, psychic medium. One Greek word fed both the vocabulary of science and the vocabulary of mysticism at the same time.
Examples
She claims to have psychic powers.
The trauma caused psychic damage.
A psychic claimed to read his mind.
Related
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