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I grew up watching a lot of American television and so the American sound has been in my psyche somehow for a long time and is quite familiar and so that does make it easier.
Toni Collette

Meaning of "psyche" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PSYCHE

From Latin, from Greek psukhē breath, soul; related to Greek psukhein to breathe.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PSYCHE

psyche  [ˈsaɪkɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PSYCHE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Psyche is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PSYCHE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of psyche in the English dictionary

The definition of psyche in the dictionary is the human mind or soul.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PSYCHE


bikie
ˈbaɪkɪ
crikey
ˈkraɪkɪ
dickey
ˈdɪkɪ
dikey
ˈdaɪkɪ
fiky
ˈfaɪkɪ
hickey
ˈhɪkɪ
Ikey
ˈaɪkɪ
mickey
ˈmɪkɪ
micky
ˈmɪkɪ
picky
ˈpɪkɪ
pikey
ˈpaɪkɪ
quickie
ˈkwɪkɪ
reiki
ˈreɪkɪ
shaky
ˈʃeɪkɪ
spiky
ˈspaɪkɪ
sticky
ˈstɪkɪ
tricky
ˈtrɪkɪ
Tyche
ˈtaɪkɪ
Vicky
ˈvɪkɪ
wiki
ˈwɪkɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PSYCHE

psych
psych out
psych up
psychagogue
psychasthenia
psychasthenic
psyched
psyched up
psychedelia
psychedelic
psychedelically
psychiater
psychiatric
psychiatric social worker
psychiatrical
psychiatrically
psychiatrist
psychiatry
psychic
psychic determinism

WORDS THAT END LIKE PSYCHE

ache
affiche
apache
avalanche
bouche
cache
couche
depeche
douche
Elche
fiche
gauche
headache
mache
Manche
Marche
microfiche
mustache
niche
revanche

Synonyms and antonyms of psyche in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PSYCHE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «psyche» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of psyche

Translation of «psyche» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PSYCHE

Find out the translation of psyche to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of psyche from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «psyche» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

心灵
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

psique
570 millions of speakers

English

psyche
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मानस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النفس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

психика
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

psique
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আত্মা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

psyché
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jiwa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Psyche
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

精神
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정신
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Psyche
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tâm lý
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆன்மாவின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मानवी मन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ruh
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

psiche
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

psychika
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

психіка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

psyche
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ψυχή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

psige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

psyket
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

psyke
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of psyche

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PSYCHE»

The term «psyche» is quite widely used and occupies the 23.574 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PSYCHE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «psyche» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «psyche» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about psyche

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10 QUOTES WITH «PSYCHE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word psyche.
1
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
The liberal psyche wants to protect minorities, to apologize for imperialism, colonialism, slavery, and the appalling treatment of black people during the civil rights movement. At the same time, they want to continue to defend the rights of individuals.
2
Hank Ballard
Rock 'n' roll is good for the soul, for the well being, for the psyche, for your everything. I love it.
3
Alison Bechdel
Watching everyone root through their psyche, it just delights me. Especially R. Crumb's stuff.
4
Betty Buckley
The work that must be done for each woman to reconnect with her psyche and to give herself a chance to live her own life is essentially the same. The realization of the equality of all races, the equality of all beings is essential.
5
Min-sik Choi
Western ghosts are evil, but Korean ghosts are about making peace. That is part of our Korean psyche.
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Wesley Clark
Slobodan Milosevic was just as smart as a five-year-old. Five-year-olds have an uncanny way of getting into your psyche, your self-esteem.
7
Toni Collette
I grew up watching a lot of American television and so the American sound has been in my psyche somehow for a long time and is quite familiar and so that does make it easier.
8
Jeffrey Combs
I think there's something in the human psyche that we're titillated by the person who flies too close to the candle and their wings get singed.
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George Crumb
Although technical discussions are interesting to composers, I suspect that the truly magical and spiritual powers of music arise from deeper levels of our psyche.
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Alfonso Cuaron
When you're doing a film, narrative is your most important tool, but it's a tool to create a cinematographic experience, to create those moments that are beyond narrative, that are almost an abstraction of that moment that hits your psyche.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PSYCHE»

Discover the use of psyche in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to psyche and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Tale of Cupid and Psyche
This volume provides Joel Relihan's lively translation of this best known section of Apuleius' Golden Ass, some useful and illustrative parallels, and an engaging discussion of what to make of this classic story.
Apuleius, Joel C. Relihan, 2009
2
Psyche: The Cult of Souls and the Belief in Immortality ...
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Erwin Rohde, 2000
3
Psyche: Inventions of the Other
This work includes translations of seminal essays such as "Psyche: Invention of the Other," "The Retrait of Metaphor," "At This Very Moment in This Work Here I Am," "Tours de Babel" and "Racism's Last Word"; as well as three essays that ...
Jacques Derrida, 2007
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Amor and Psyche: The Psychic Development of the Feminine : a ...
The renowned tale of Amor and Psyche, from Apuleius's second-century Latin novel The Golden Ass, is one of the most charming fragments of classical literature. Neumann chose it as the exemplar of an unusual study of feminine psychology.
Apuleius, Erich Neumann, 1971
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Apuleius: Cupid and Psyche
This edition, the first with a full commentary in English to appear for eighty years, sensitively elucidates the subtle art with which this transformation has been accomplished, and comprehensively illustrates both Apuleius' inventive ...
Apuleius, E. J. Kenney, 1990
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Psyche Reborn: The Emergence of
" -- Joanne Felt Diehl, Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature "Indiana University Press should be heartily commended for promoting Psyche Reborn in paperback, hence making this vital critical work more widely available.
Susan Stanford Friedman, 1981
7
Psyche
Psyche is the gripping story of a wealthy urban mother's anguish and powerlessness when her child is kidnapped and the abandoned child's remarkable resilience as she ultimately finds redemption through art, education, and psychology.
Phyllis Young, 2008
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Emotion and Psyche
Emotion and Psyche offers an original and unique account of the world and humanities place in it.
Marc Jackson, 2010
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Psyche and Substance: Essays on Homeopathy in the Light of ...
Providing an understanding of the nature of the archetypal form-patterns that express themselves in the similarity between substance and psychosomatic dynamics, this collection explores why this similarity is a basic factor in the healing ...
Edward C. Whitmont, 1991
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Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the Western Mind
But this book is not just about the damage the US has caused abroad he also examines how US culture constantly shapes and sometimes creates the mental illnesses of our time.
Ethan Watters, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PSYCHE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term psyche is used in the context of the following news items.
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Seeing rubbish on a beach takes a toll on the human psyche.
And according to new research, that may actually take a toll on the human psyche - or at least, undermine any psychological benefits that come with going to the ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
2
The Filipino Psyche
In Greek mythology, Psyche was a beautiful princess, a mortal who incurred the ire of Aphrodite but won the love of the god of love, Eros. She endured suffering ... «ABS CBN News, Jun 15»
3
Psyche Systems Corporation Forms Strategic Alliance with Luminate …
MILFORD, Mass., May 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Psyche Systems Corporation and Luminate Health have recently formed a strategic alliance which offers a ... «PR Newswire, May 15»
4
Where were you in 2008? The birth of a new Zimbabwean psyche
Nursing his Hieneken whilst watching Premier Prentice announce a snap election; as a referendum on his Conservative party's proposal budget of weaning ... «Nehanda Radio, Apr 15»
5
Are the Irish different? Getting to the heart of the national psyche
Are the Irish different? There's a loaded question. Argument begets counterargument: we're a nation of narcissists cursed with self-obsession born of low ... «Irish Times, Apr 15»
6
Germanwings scare: DGCA may make psyche test must for pilot …
"The psyche of a person wanting to join a flying school will be checked. Only if found mentally fit at that stage, will he or she be allowed to take lying classes and ... «Times of India, Apr 15»
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Psyche-rock three-piece The Black Dogs are the focus of Journal2's …
The Black Dogs are a psyche-rock three piece based in Barnstaple/Bude. The band are made up of 21-year-old Gary Saunders on guitar and vocals, Matt ... «North Devon Journal, Mar 15»
8
Marathon effort runs deep in our psyche
I typically write this column in a café by the Thames in southwest London, a minute or two from where I live. It is a spot just by Richmond Bridge, and as I sat ... «The Times, Mar 15»
9
Psyche and Visualsoft celebrate website launch
The new Psyche online store features some of the latest e-commerce technology, and demonstrates adaptive web design, which means the site will scale to the ... «BQ Live, Mar 15»
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THEATRE: It's your last chance to catch the Butterfly Psyche Theatre …
Butterfly Psyche Theatre's Brontë Season will tour to the Rondo Theatre in Larkhall, Bath for one day only on Saturday, March 14, with three plays based on ... «Bath Chronicle, Mar 15»

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