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as in soul
an immaterial force within a human being thought to give the body life, energy, and power
disturbing, enigmatic paintings that seem to embody the psyche of this brilliant but troubled artist
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as in mind
the part of a person that feels, thinks, perceives, wills, and especially reasons
a novel that explores the psyche of a depressed teen
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Recent Examples of psyche
It’s not entirely explained why or developed further, more ominous mood-setting to externalize Clay’s splintering psyche.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
Despite the destabilising effect changing ends can have on home-fan psyche, The Athletic’s investigation into its impact on home-team performance last season proved largely inconclusive.
—Thom Harris, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
But Trump wasn't the only one who badly damaged the national psyche in those heady days.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Join 28 others in the comments View Comments Coloring a mandala, for example, has a levitating effect on your mood, immune system and all the positive parts of your psyche.
—Jessica Dulong, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
Despite the destabilising effect changing ends can have on home-fan psyche, The Athletic’s investigation into its impact on home-team performance last season proved largely inconclusive.
—Thom Harris, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
But Trump wasn't the only one who badly damaged the national psyche in those heady days.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Join 28 others in the comments View Comments Coloring a mandala, for example, has a levitating effect on your mood, immune system and all the positive parts of your psyche.
—Jessica Dulong, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for psyche
Recent Examples of Synonyms for psyche
Noun
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Mainly because soul tie enthusiasts don’t do a good job delineating the difference between godly and ungodly connections.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
27 Mar. 2025
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This funny, strange and fundamentally forlorn film about the city’s gentrification provided a breakout role for Jonathan Majors as a lost artistic soul.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Keep in mind that power lines that are laying on the ground may be live.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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The caverns of the mind and spirit are appealing as Neptune moves into Aries.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2025
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Smells like teen spirit As bloody and grim as Greek myths have always been, Santa Monica Studio established even darker trappings with 2005’s God of War.—
Diego Argüello,
Rolling Stone,
22 Mar. 2025
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But that resilience and spirit are certainly being tested, with the Heat’s last win coming nearly three weeks ago on March 3 in a home victory over the Washington Wizards.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2025
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This is a drink that people tend to love—elementally delicious, and yet with enough going on to keep the front of your brain occupied.—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
22 Mar. 2025
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The diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia, a brain disorder caused by degeneration of the brain's frontal lobe, comes nearly a year after Willis' family confirmed the movie icon, now 67, was stepping away from acting due to an aphasia diagnosis.—
Jay Stahl,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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Delimitros said one of the truck’s side view mirrors struck her in the head, causing minor injuries.—
David Hernandez,
sandiegouniontribune.com,
19 July 2017
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Cal Fire representatives said the current parking mess has already impacted them because the driveway to their station enters the highway not far from the trail head.—
J. Harry Jones,
Ramona Sentinel,
19 July 2017
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Good American Family is about Natalia Grace, a child adopted by Kristine and Michael Barnett who already have three children of their own, one of whom has autism and a genius-level intellect.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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The main theme is not just about the religious persecution of the truth, but rather the conflict between the church and the pursuit of knowledge and humanity’s intellect.—
Rafael Motamayor,
IndieWire,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Psyche.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psyche. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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