n. 1. A person apparently responsive to psychic forces. 2. See medium. adj. also psy·chi·cal (-kĭ-kəl) 1. Of, relating to, affecting, or influenced by the human mind or psyche; mental: psychic trauma; psychic energy. 2. a. Capable of extraordinary mental processes, such as extrasensory perception and mental telepathy. b. Of or relating to such mental processes. [From Greek psūkhikos, of the soul, from psūkhē, soul; see bhes- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] psychi·cal·ly adv. |
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