psyche

abbreviation

1. psychology

interjection

1. Used abruptly after a sentence to indicate that the speaker is only joking.

noun

1. that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason

Similar word(s): brain, head, mind, nous

Definition categories: thought, cognition, knowledge, noesis

2. the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life

Similar word(s): soul

Definition categories: person, spirit

3. (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

Definition categories: person

verb

1. (transitive) To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind.

2. (transitive) To intimidate (someone) emotionally using psychology.

3. (transitive, informal) To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.