psychical
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- 21
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/ˈsʌɪkɪk(ə)l/(UK)
Definition of psychical
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable)Performed by or pertaining to the psyche (the mind, spirit, or both): mental, psychic.
“Who could say where the fleshly impulse ceased, or the psychical impulse began?”
“Even more perhaps than other kinds of genius, religious leaders have been subject to abnormal psychical visitations. Invariably they have been creatures of exalted emotional sensibility.”
“"The physical body has rather been a source of pain and fatigue to us. It is the constant index of our limitations. Why then should we worry about its detachment from our psychical selves?" "If they can indeed be detached," Summerlee grumbled.”
“"Thus every form, every object, every external phenomenon," says Vignoli, "becomes vivified and animated by the intrinsic consciousness and personal psychical faculty of the animal itself.”
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adj
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(not-comparable)Performed by or pertaining to the psyche (the mind, spirit, or both): mental, psychic.
“Who could say where the fleshly impulse ceased, or the psychical impulse began?”
“Even more perhaps than other kinds of genius, religious leaders have been subject to abnormal psychical visitations. Invariably they have been creatures of exalted emotional sensibility.”
“"The physical body has rather been a source of pain and fatigue to us. It is the constant index of our limitations. Why then should we worry about its detachment from our psychical selves?" "If they can indeed be detached," Summerlee grumbled.”
“"Thus every form, every object, every external phenomenon," says Vignoli, "becomes vivified and animated by the intrinsic consciousness and personal psychical faculty of the animal itself.”
- (not-comparable)Pertaining to the animal nature of man, as opposed to the spirit.
- (not-comparable)Outside the realm of the physical; supernatural, psychic.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós) + -al. By surface analysis, psyche + -ical.
Words you can make from psychical
200+ playable · top: PSYCHIC (19 pts)
Best play psychic 19 points8-letter words
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14 words5-letter words
50 words- PSYCH 15 pts
- CHAYS 13 pts
- HAPLY 13 pts
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- CAPHS 12 pts
- CHAPS 12 pts
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- CHICS 12 pts
- CHIPS 12 pts
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- HYLAS 11 pts
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4-letter words
76 words- ACHY 12 pts
- CHAY 12 pts
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- CAPH 11 pts
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3-letter words
54 words- HYP 11 pts
- HAY 9 pts
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- AIL 3 pts
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- ALS 3 pts
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