psyche

1 that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head" [syn: mind, head, brain, nous]

2 the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life [syn: soul]

3 (Greek mythology) a beautiful princess loved by Cupid who visited her at night and told her she must not try to see him; became the personification of the soul

see Psyche

English

Etymology 1

From psychē < ψυχή "soul, breath"

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsaɪki/ (noun)

Noun

1. The human soul, mind, or spirit.

Translations

• German: Psyche

Etymology 2

Shortened form of psychology < psychologie < psychologia < (psuchē) "soul" and (-logia) "study of"

Alternative spellings

• psych

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsaɪk/

Abbreviation

psyche

1. psychology

Interjection

psyche

1. Used abruptly after a sentence to indicate that the speaker is only joking.

Verb

1. To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind.
2. To intimidate (someone) emotionally using psychology.
3. To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.

Latin

Etymology

Transliteration of ψυχή "soul, breath"

Noun

1. mind
2. spirit

Inflection

Psyche may refer to:

• Psyche (psychology), the original Greek conception of the self
  • Soul or Self (psychology) or Mind
• Psyche (band), a Canadian dark synthpop band
• Psyché, a French tragedy-ballet of 1671 and opera of 1678
• Psyche (album), the 1994 album by PJ & Duncan AKA, now known as Ant and Dec
• 16 Psyche, an asteroid
• Danielle Moonstar, comic book character
• Cupid and Psyche, figures in Greek mythology
• the Psyche butterfly, Leptosia nina
• A code name for Red Hat Linux 8.0

Scientific journals

• Psyche (journal) (interdisciplinary study of consciousness)
• Psyche (entomological journal) (entomology)

• See also

• [[Psych">

See also

• [[Psych, a television program airing on USA Network, starring James Roday
• Psychidae, the bagworm moths

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