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psyche

1

[ sahyk ]

verb (used with object)

, psyched, psych·ing.
  1. a variant of psych 1.


Psyche

2

[ sahy-kee ]

noun

  1. Classical Mythology. a personification of the soul, which in the form of a beautiful girl was loved by Eros.
  2. psyche,
    1. the human soul, spirit, or mind.
    2. Psychology, Psychoanalysis. the mental or psychological structure of a person, especially as a motive force.
  3. Philosophy. (in Neoplatonism ) the second emanation of the One, regarded as a universal consciousness and as the animating principle of the world.
  4. a female given name.

psyche

1

/ ˈsaɪkɪ /

noun

  1. the human mind or soul
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Psyche

2

/ ˈsaɪkɪ /

noun

  1. Greek myth a beautiful girl loved by Eros (Cupid), who became the personification of the soul
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Psyche

1
  1. In Roman mythology , a beautiful girl who was visited each night in the dark by Cupid , who told her she must not try to see him. When she did try, while he was asleep, she accidentally dropped oil from her lamp on him, and he awoke and fled. After she had performed many harsh tasks set by Cupid's mother, Venus , Jupiter made her immortal, and she and Cupid were married. Her name is Greek for both “soul” and “butterfly.”


psyche

2
  1. The mind, soul, or spirit, as opposed to the body. In psychology , the psyche is the center of thought, feeling, and motivation, consciously and unconsciously directing the body's reactions to its social and physical environment.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of psyche1

First recorded in 1650–60 Psyche fordef 2a; from Latin psȳchē, from Greek psȳchḗ literally, “breath,” derivative of psȳ́chein “to breathe, blow,” hence, “live” ( psycho- )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of psyche1

C17: from Latin, from Greek psukhē breath, soul; related to Greek psukhein to breathe
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Example Sentences

These kinds of public investments will become more possible over time as the managed markets paradigm cements itself in the American psyche.

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The idea of an onerous middle-class tax burden permeates the American political psyche.

The Grinch’s troubled psyche, shaped by solitude and years of neglect, has always been an interesting layer to the juvenile story.

The Third might slightly favor psyche over body, breaking the symmetry between them.

I was able to keep myself relatively calm, though, for the most part, because I knew if I psyched myself out, I’d probably make some irrational decisions.

He then provides some insight into his psyche - complete with Animal House reference.

The only thing these “tests” reveal is a window into the foolish psyche of whomever applies them.

The human psyche takes images as direction, and it affects people and makes them violent.

And large breasts play an out-sized role in the Venezuelan national psyche.

Love them or hate them, breast implants play an outsized role in the Venezuelan national psyche.

So she wore her crimson homespun and her bonnet, with her bronze-gold hair gathered under it in the same old Psyche knot.

So we see Psyche borne aloft by Zephyr through the twilight to the nuptial abode of Eros.

It seems to be the same termed psuke or psyche by the Greeks.

One gives the name "psyche" to a very small butterfly which flutters out rather clumsily in the morning; it is the male.

Psyche was frightened by the terrible cries and the wretched dark faces of the souls in Hades.

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