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PSYCHE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
That which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
Example:
I couldn't get his words out of my head
Synonyms:
brain; head; mind; nous; psyche
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("psyche" is a kind of...):
cognition; knowledge; noesis (the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "psyche"):
noddle (an informal British expression for head or mind)
tabula rasa (a young mind not yet affected by experience (according to John Locke))
ego ((psychoanalysis) the conscious mind)
unconscious; unconscious mind (that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware)
subconscious; subconscious mind (psychic activity just below the level of awareness)
Derivation:
psychic; psychical (affecting or influenced by the human mind)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(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
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
mythical being (an imaginary being of myth or fable)
Domain category:
Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
Synonyms:
psyche; soul
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("psyche" is a kind of...):
spirit (the vital principle or animating force within living things)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "psyche"):
ghost (the visible disembodied soul of a dead person)
Derivation:
psychical (affecting or influenced by the human mind)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb psyche
