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Psyche is defined as a person's mind, soul or spirit.

(noun)

An example of psyche is the male mind, or the male psyche.

See psyche in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the human soul
the intellect
Psychiatry the mind considered as a subjectively perceived, functional entity, based ultimately upon physical processes but with complex processes of its own: it governs the total organism and its interactions with the environment

Origin: Gr psychē, the soul, akin to psychein, to blow, cool < IE base *bhes-, to blow > Sans bábhasti, (he) blows

noun

Rom. Folklore a maiden who, after undergoing many hardships due to Venus' jealousy of her beauty, is reunited with Cupid and made immortal by Jupiter

Origin: L < Gr psychē: see psyche

See psyche in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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.

Origin:

Origin: Latin psȳchē

Origin: , from Greek psūkhē, soul; see bhes- in Indo-European roots

verb

Variant of psych.

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.

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