psychic
A person who possesses, or appears to possess, extrasensory abilities such as…A person who possesses, or appears to possess, extrasensory abilities such as clairvoyance, precognition and telepathy, as well as potentially interact externally using their minds or souls through telekinesis or teleportation, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supernatural influences.
» Tom is a psychic.
Tom ist Hellseher.
Том — экстрасенс.
Том екстрасенс.
Meaning
3 sensesA person who possesses, or appears to possess, extrasensory abilities such as clairvoyance, precognition and telepathy, as well as potentially interact externally using their minds or souls through telekinesis or teleportation, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supernatural influences.
Mensch mit außersinnlicher Wahrnehmung
экстрасе́нсekstrasɛ́ns, телепа́тtelepát
екстрасе́нсekstraséns
A person who supposedly contacts the dead; a medium.
ме́диумmédium
In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man, the second-highest type; a person focused on intellectual reality (the other two being hylic and pneumatic).
- a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception
Examples
86 sentencesTom is a psychic.
Том екстрасенс.
ruТом — экстрасенс.
deTom ist Hellseher.
I'm a psychic.
Я медіум.
Aren't you psychic?
Хіба ти не медіюм?
I don't believe Tom is psychic.
Tom claims to have psychic powers.
Translations
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Origin
From Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós, “relative to the soul, spirit, mind”). Earlier refeFrom Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós, “relative to the soul, spirit, mind”). Earlier referred to as "psychical"; or from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul, mind, psyche”). First appeared (as substantive) 1871 and first records 1895.
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