psych

Definition of psych in English English dictionary: To intimidate (someone) emotionally using psychology; psychology; psychiatric
the psych ward.; To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis; To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind; psych out to do or say things that will make your opponent in a game or competition feel nervous or confused, so that it is easier for you to win psych up if you psych yourself up or if someone psychs you up, you get mentally prepared before doing something so that you feel confident psych yourself up (for sth)
psych out: To outsmart
psych out: To unnerve
psych-: a variant of psycho-
psych out: If you psych out your opponent in a contest, you try to make them feel less confident by behaving in a very confident or aggressive way. They are like heavyweight boxers, trying to psych each other out and build themselves up
psych up: If you psych yourself up before a contest or a difficult task, you prepare yourself for it mentally, especially by telling yourself that you can win or succeed. After work, it is hard to psych yourself up for an hour at the gym Before the game everyone gets psyched up and starts shouting
psych-: Variant of psycho-
psych.: {i} study of the mind, study of human behavior, study of mental and emotional processes
Psyche: name of a girl loved by Cupid (or Eros)
Psyche: In late Greek art and literature, a goddess who is the personification of the soul; she is primarily known for her role in the story of Cupid and Psyche, best attested in Apuleius' novel The Golden Ass
Psyche: A code name for Red Hat Linux 8.0
Psyche: Psychidae, or Bagworms, a family of Lepidoptera
pop psych: The lay theory or practice of psychology Abbreviation of popular psychology
psyche: To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis
psyche: To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind
psyche: The human mind as the central force in thought, emotion, and behavior of an individual
psyche: To intimidate (someone) emotionally using psychology
psyched: frightened
psyched: (deyim) Excited or pumped up about something
psyched: Excited and full of anticipation
Psyche: A Gothic band
Psyche: {i} (Greek Mythology) princess bride of the god Eros; name of a Canadian Gothic music band
Psyche: An album by British band Ant and Dec
Psyche: In psychology and related fields, the psyche is the entirety of the non-physical aspects of a person
Psyche: In late Greek art and literature, a goddess who is the personification of the soul; she is primarily known for her role in the story of Cupid and Psyche, best attested in Apuleius novel The Golden Ass
Psyche: 16 Psyche, an asteroid
psyche: She is regarded as the personification of the soul
psyche: Used abruptly after a sentence to indicate that the speaker is only joking
psyche: A cheval glass
psyche: In psychology, your psyche is your mind and your deepest feelings and attitudes. His exploration of the myth brings insight into the American psyche. Variant of psych. someone's mind, or their deepest feelings, which control their attitudes and behaviour. In Greek and Roman mythology, a beautiful princess who won Cupid's love. Her beauty was such that worshipers began to turn away from Venus, and the envious goddess commanded her son Cupid to make Psyche fall in love with the most despicable of men. But Cupid himself fell in love with Psyche and hid her in a remote place, where he visited her secretly under cover of darkness. One night she lit a lamp and discovered her lover's identity. He left angrily, and Psyche wandered the earth searching for him and was captured by Venus. After Cupid rescued Psyche, Jupiter made her immortal and gave her in marriage to Cupid
psyche: psychology
psyche: {f} understand the mind of a person (Slang)
psyche: The anticipate correctly the intentions or actions of
psyche: The Soul or the Mind The principle of animation From Greek psychein to breathe, blow James Hillman defines soul as a "perspective rather than a substance; a viewpoint toward things rather than the thing itself" "an inner place or deeper person or ongoing presence -- that is simply there even when all our subjectivity, ego, and consciousness go into eclipse " And, "that unknown component which makes meaning possible " The specific sense in psychology of the mind as the center of thought, emotions, and behavior, is first recorded in 1910, in C G Jung's writings See anima
psyche: a spiritual/imaginal/somatic spectrum; a system that can't be studied by dividing into parts like instincts and drives It is also autonomous and not reducible to simpler systems A psychic fact only makes sense when we see its position in the whole that influences it
psyche: soul; self; mind
psyche: (sy-ki) -- from Greek for breath, hence soul, spirit, mind, especially as distinguished from the body Psyche was personified by the "ancient" Greeks as a Goddess, beloved of Eros (in Latin, Cupid)
psyche: 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"
psyche: The soul; the vital principle; the mind
psyche: (A beautiful woman of ancient mythology loved by Cupid) Greek for "soul" or the "mind" (Instructor's note: In modern psychology, the psyche is taken to be an aggregate of the constituent parts that make up our "selves": a more complex mental organism than was envisioned by the Greeks)
psyche: {i} mind of a person; soul, spirit
psyche: (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
psyche: the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
psyche: STC, Note to Psyche: Psyche means both Butterfly and Soul
psyche: The bridge between ego and soul The mirror in which impulses coming from the soul (or Permanent Witness) and the experiences and memories of the ego meet The psyche can only be purified when the antahkarana has been activated correctly
psyche: The human soul, mind, or spirit
psyche: A lovely maiden, daughter of a king and mistress of Eros, or Cupid
psyched: {s} mentally prepared, psychologically ready; excited; frightened, intimidated
psyched: thrilled
psyching: present participle of psyche
psychs: third-person singular of psych