metapsychic

adjective

meta·​psychic

variants or metapsychical

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: of or relating to phenomena (as mediumistic) outside the range of orthodox psychology

the existence of telepathic phenomena, as well as other metapsychic phenomena, is not accepted by most biologists and physicians

—Alexis Carrel

Word History

Etymology

metapsychic from French métapsychique, from méta- meta- + psychique psychic, from Greek psychikos of the soul, of life; metapsychical from French métapsychique + English -al

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