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psyche definition

psy·che (sī′kē)

noun

  1. the human soul
  2. the intellect
  3. 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

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

Psyche definition

Psy·che (sī′kē)

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

Etymology: L < Gr psychē: see psyche

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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