psy·che
1 (sī́kē)
[Latin psȳchē, from Greek psūkhē, soul.]
noun
- The spirit or soul.
- Psychiatry The mind functioning as the center of thought, emotion, and behavior and consciously or unconsciously adjusting or mediating the body's responses to the social and physical environment.
psyche
2 (sīk)
verb
- Variant of psych
Psy·che
(sī́kē)
noun
Greek Mythology- A young woman who loved and was loved by Eros and was united with him after Aphrodite's jealousy was overcome. She subsequently became the personification of the soul.
psych,
also psyche
(sīk)
Informal
verb: psyched, psych·ing, psyches.
transitive verb
- To put into the right psychological frame of mind: The coach psyched the team before the game.
- To excite emotionally: The children were psyched to see the circus.
- To undermine the confidence of by psychological means; intimidate: “Depending on whose personality is stronger, one can more easily psych the other” (Harold C. Schonberg)
- To analyze, solve, or comprehend.
- To anticipate or guess the intentions of: “Most others could never approach ability … to psyche out the opposition's thinking so consistently” (Steven Brill)
- Informal To analyze and treat by psychoanalysis.
intransitive verb
- To become confused or mentally deranged.
noun
- Psychology.
