Psychical

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈsʌɪkɪk(É™)l/

Origin

From Ancient Greek ψυχικός + -al.

Full definition of psychical

Adjective

1. Performed by or pertaining to the mind or spirit; mental, psychic. from 17th c.
• 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage 2007, p. 53:Who could say where the fleshly impulse ceased, or the psychical impulse began?
2. (theology) Pertaining to the animal nature of man, as opposed to the spirit. from 18th c.
3. Outside the realm of the physical; supernatural, psychic. from 19th c.

Related terms

• psychic
• psychological